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rollcentre wrote: Please tell me you found my thread. I've been there done that and documented some tips and tricks I found while doing the job here on mye28. So here it is, let's compare notes-
http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=125484

Your thread was like a second Bentley to me. There are only a few things I did differently:

• I used 3 studs (plain old studs, since I don't have a lathe) when installing the transmission. I don't know if that made a huge difference, but it comfortably sat on the studs while I lined up the input shaft.
• You also need to get the transmission in gear before you put it under the car. Use a screwdriver (No specific advice here, just wiggle it around until something happens) on the selector shaft until both the input and output shaft spin together. At that point, you line it up on the studs, and push it forwards while spinning the output shaft.
• Also, if I were to do this again, I would bag and label groups of screws. It is a true miracle that I managed to solve the puzzle that is 4 bins of vaguely sorted fasteners after four months, and get everything back where it belongs.
• The picture on RealOEM for the shifter rod is upside down. If the transmission is hard to shift, with reverse almost impossible, ESPECIALLY if the shift knob moves around as it hits the nuts and bolts on the guibo, you need to get in there and flip it around.

TheYoungSir wrote:

[*]Also, if I were to do this again, I would bag and label groups of screws. It is a true miracle that I managed to solve the puzzle that is 4 bins of vaguely sorted fasteners after four months, and get everything back where it belongs.

I pretty much do the same thing. On my last driveway job I ended up throwing the hardware in one pile. Took it to work to clean it, and then bagged it up and sorted in individual baggies.

If i can get the work completed within a weeks time i won't have a problem.. any longer than that and it turns into a game of Husker Du?