Got two different lists of recommendations (2010, 93k)

Yes, the trans fluid is definitely hardest of all those, because you need to jack the car up on all fours and it has to be level so that it can properly refill. One way to make sure it’s level is to tape a carpenter’s bubble level to a door with painter’s tape. Then when the car is jacked up, you can tell if it’s level front to back.

Once you have the car on four jack stands, you remove the belly pan and then you can drain the tranny oil, coolantS and the engine oil/filter. Always remove the transmission oil fill plug BEFORE you drain; if for any reason you can’t remove the fill plug, you want to know before you’ve drained the oil.

 

Four jack stands is the way I go, but there are a few other tricks that'd work: run the front up on ramps and put the rear on jack stands, for example. I think "approximately" level is close enough: the spec is level with the fill hole lip, to 5mm low, IIRC.

I get the front on safety stands, my 6 tons that'll JUST squeeze in, at my preferred support point, when they're fully retracted. Then with the rears I play around with the safety stand extension, usually ends up clicked up about 3 notches, put a level on the bottom side pinch weld, and try to get it close.

One foible of my garage slab: I always find about 1/4" of shim is needed under the left/rear safety stand, or it's loose, leaving the car teetering on 3 safety stands.

 

The back end one? The front one, between EGR valve and pipe, has clips on it. The back one, that you can hardly see, does not.

Besides the strong possiblity of dropping, it's a real pain to align when reinstalling.

 

You get better each time you do it.

Try it two handfuls of times and its amazing how it goes.

Glad you got those bits sorted though and good lick with the remaining work.