Help!

This started out as a mess I took a transmission job I am goin behind someone elses work, the car is a 1996 mercucry sable with a 3.0L now there is a engine hoist holdin the engine from dropping I cant go up because the exhaust bolt that are in the back are strip so it is causing the cat to bind against the car which when jackin up the hoist ends up lifting that side of the car so I tried to drop the front frame I got 4 bolts off but the sway bar is keepin the frame from doppin and the bolts on the sway bar are stripped too now is there another way to take this transmission out if not what do I do I hope u can help me because after I do this car I have learned a lesson never go behind someone elses work. Thanks