If you ask Lenard how he pulled the tranny with out pulling the engine you will save you alot of work of pulling stuff and reinstallation.
The starter bolt is a major pain, skinny hands help.

Isn't there a way to insure that the clutch fork is engaged on the throwout bearing? Or is this just one of those plug and play installs like on a 105 Alfa? *I forgot*
Self test on the climate control?
I agree, do all the things you can while you are in there as if anything else should show up it will be a major pain to get back in there to repair.
The '94 is starting to weep on the shield on the exhaust, so I suspect it won't be long before I am diving in there to replace the rear main as well...182,000 miles on the odo.