I finally got it out. After taking the exhaust manifold off it was a piece of cake. So I have replaced it and put everything back together and topped off the transmission fluid. it runs OK.
But it's not shifting correctly now. It doesn't want to shift out of low. It will if I release the throttle. It shifts OK after that - shifting up and down. But next time I try to accelerate in first, I have to release the throttle at around 3000 to 3500 RPM to get it to shift.
I guess I damaged it by driving it when it was low on fluid. I wasn't aware of a problem until one day I was going up a fairly steep incline and it wasn't shifting out of first coming down the back side. I was on a huge overpass with no immediate exits available so I kept driving it until I got home - about 3 miles.
Any suggestions?