Transmission removal

[SVXMAN2001]

Well i am well underway to having removed my transmission from the 92 black svx i picked up last april, with the help from this board and the factory service manual the job is more than doable. that being said i have a couple of questions...

1) For those that removed their transmission with the car jacked up (without a lift), what did you use to get enough clearance to remove the transmission...even with my jack stands completely extended there still isn't enough room

2) What do you all use to support the engine while removing the transmission..the FSM's refer to a special tool, was wondering what you guys have used

3) Before removing the transmission the car actually drove, although it did not go in reverse...when the car was on jacks the rear wheels did not move i thought it may have been because something in the transmission was seized, i have since removed the drive shaft and the rear wheels are still locked...is my rear differential seized? Or is that normal?