Didn't get a whole lot done. What I discovered is it appears to be impossible to completely remove the lower oil pan without either removing the engine, or removing this big arse cross-member. I needed about another 1/4" but couldn't jack the motor up any further to get that extra little bit. Oh well.
I was however able to just drop it as far as it will drop, and can slide some newspaper in there. You can see where I circled, that's where I need to drill for the oil drain line. So the newspaper should catch almost all of the metal flakes from getting into the lower oil pan.
Now just need to get a right angle drill, a Uni-bit, and that should take care of that.
