[bbnks2]

Looks like you did a ton of extra work lol. It's all a part of learning though. First time pulling the engine took me like 8 hours. I can do it in 2.5 now. You really didn't need to remove most of what you did.

BMW engineers are pretty clever. There are multiple places to pry the transmission bell-housing from the engine block. Same as the cylinder head to the block. Undo the bolts and pry them apart. No need to "see" the separation line. The pry points seem intentional anyway.