Hey, Grant, congrats on working brakes! Nice to be able to stop. NICER to be able to GO in the first place, but stopping is definately a bonus. ;-)
I'm trying to absorb as much of others experience as I can . . .
What are the details on your transmission problem? What turned out to cause the grinding, and how did you know? I've never opened one up, in fact, I was pretty proud of myself for being able to pull the shifter out of the '44 tranny I'm about to remove!