After treating myself to a bacon and eggs breakfast, out to give it one more "college try". I loosened the donut retaining nut on the passenger side but left it partially threaded on. I removed the donut retaining nut and washer on the driver's side. Then placed a 2 X 6 block standing up on the floor jack and hiked up the oil pan on that side. Went up to where we hit the firewall and the power train came to a dead stop. Almost there now, but nowhere else to go.
Push, push, push past the lower cylinder head bolt in the way and the steering column, scraping a little as we go, and
Voilà, it finally drops into place (must have been the way I did it 10 years ago, as suggested here by a couple of forum members above). But I must say, it just BARELY made had space enough. Thank you and good day!
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