It's well possible that you can still get away from removing the motor. If you drop the rear tranny mount, and loosen the front mounts, possibly you can swivel the engine on an angle facing up to the front. Watch that the centre steering link doesn't get bent! (Remove it if need be.)
Still easier than pulling the motor. And some suggestions based on experience.
Buy a coupla 50¢ plastic buckets and save your coolant for re-use in one of 'em. Use the other for cleaning stuff in with a degreaser solution. Be careful that the degreaser doesn't eat the timing cover up, or eat the plating off the bolts.
Buy a roll of the cheap paper towel (kitchen towel) for cleaning/drying stuff.
If you can get a local service garage to put your tin of bolts (and all other parts) through their parts washer for cheap, do it. Quick and easy. Any metal tin you use should have drain holes punched through from the inside out. If it gets left in the rain accidentally, it won't fill up and rust.
Don't forget to unplug the temp sender before removing the head, also drain oil AND coolant. And if the manifold is bolted too tight, loosen it at the "donut" and pull the head with the exhaust manifold attached.
Make sure you've got the new oil seal, break-in lube and new oil filter/oil before you start, along with everything else. Be prepared for the worst, and don't start unless you have at least $50 spare (trust me - you could really need it!), and maybe a good friend to call on.
You will notice the improvement, even before anything else is changed.
Adam.
