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313 viewsMy rebuilt tranny still had oil in it. But tipping it on it's bell-housing would let the oil leak out the breather port. So I pushed a plug into the hole on the breather and securly zip-tied it. Worked perfectly to hold the oil in while I swapped tail covers.
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282 viewsRemoving the speedo sender from the damaged tail cover.
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292 viewsWhen I carefully removed the broken cover this is what the inside looked like.
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294 viewsThis is what I saw when on the tanny end when I removed the tail cover. That dumbbell looking gear stack directly in front is what goes on the shaft that is inside the tail cover.
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287 viewsThis shows the gear stack in the proper assembly order on the shaft in the tail cover. Note the notch in the spacer.
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276 viewsClose-up of the assembly order for the gear stack in the tail cover.
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275 viewsMake sure the step in the spacer fits accordingly!
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283 viewsFirewall bushing for shift rod. The white one on the left is the new unit and the black one on the right is the original.
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275 viewsLooking up at the transmission mount. Boy, looks like I'm gonna have to break out the Simple Green and scrub brush!
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287 viewsCV bolts removed. Reference photograph for wiring...but really, it ain't that complex under here.
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286 viewsShift rod removed from both ends. I later removed it for the install of the new firewall shift bushing as well as pulling the tranny.
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