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If you haven't got a pit or a lift then I advocate doing more work and removing the engine.
It is more work (though to be fair a 240D doesn't have many tricky wires to label!) but it is safer for you as a DIYer and potentially better for the gearbox input shaft which can get damaged if you accidentally leave weight hanging on it whilst you are struggling with the lump of a gearbox under the car.
There's a big difference in just picking up a Mercedes transmission by yourself and thinking "that's not so bad" to trying to manipulate the sodding thing with one arm in a confined space under a car (that is hopefully suitably supported!)
If you really really don't want to remove the engine get one of those transmission support lift things that fit onto a trolley jack - but I warn you even with a piece of cheapo attachment junk like that it still will be a pain in the arse...
...measure the height of a transmission - measure the height of a transmission on a cheapo bit of attachment junk on top of a trolley jack - then realise how high you need to lift your car (and how big your axle stands really need to be!)
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