Tilting engine for transmission removal and installation

[Jeepwx03]

I'm curious if anyone has any tips on tilting the motor to help slide the transmission in and out. It seems easier when the transmission is in to use it as leverage, but after it's out, there doesn't seem to be any great leverage points aside from hanging on my long tub headers, which I'm concerned about putting stress on the header bolts. The K member and electric power steer rack seem to be in the way of getting any good leverage on the front of the engine with a jack, the crank pulley is about the only thing I can see to use, but that also concerns me.

I was thinking of loosening the motor mounts to help with this, does anyone have experience in doing this? Is it best to just loosen the single nut on top, the two side nuts at the motor mount base, or both?

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