Great write up, here are a few things i noticed:

I couldn’t pry the strut up in the way that was shown. instead I used a large pry bar to lift the strut from below it, lifting the bar up.

I had a hard time getting the CV out of the transmission. I was able to do this easily by trying 2 ropes to the CV, right before the transmission. Then had a friend help me pull it. It came out easily.

BTW my car runs great now. Thanks!