This vid has useing the hook tool and a slide hammer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tcAHBhSx8o
In the video the guy needs a better body position to work the slide hammer. He would do better if he could get the hood open more so he could stand as straight as he could.
Also, the weight on the slide hammer seems a bit on the light side. It needs to be about 5 pounds and he could also have someone else hold the slide hammer rod while he uses both hands on the hammer of the slide hammer.
He has a homemade puller! Bottle jacks? I would have gone with some threaded rod.
How to clean and us the slide hammer tools, has a video:
https://www.benzworld.org/threads/just-bought-a-2005-cdi-with-black-death.3018174/