Saying this for ANYBODY that may find themselves here in the future... Go through the wheel well and remove the manifold heat shield it fucking comes right out with minimal shuffling around.
even easier if you leave the bell housing bolt and the trans cooler lines in place and remove the exhaust manifold heat sheald and bring it up through the fender, way more room it basically jumps out
I dig this type of video short sweet and to the point I doubt you're lying so I don't need to see the process. I have a 4 by 4 15 v6 and I'm headed out to do this right now hopefully it works