I took the seat back apart and took the 1" foam I put in it.. it had me sitting halfway off the seat.. got it done and installed last night.. also got oil back in the transmission and the lid back on.. first try and the engine bogged down.. sooo toook the lid off and found the shaft sticking up wasw missed the hole in the lid and was locking the transmission up.. got it installed again and tried it and it shifts and goes into gear like it is supposed to.. so another step forward..
Now as to why I couldn't get the trans in all this time.. I was using a guide bolt in the top left trans hole on the bell housing and a bolt in the bottom right transmission hole to help guide the trans into place.. well I got it close enough in to get the top right bolt in and was going to pull it in but it was way to hard so I backed it off a little and went under to check clearance and saw that the bottom right bolt was hitting the clutch housing.. so cranked the flywheel over with a crowbar and got in on one of the valleys.. woo hoo.. trans slipped right in... can't believe that all this time it could have been a simple interference problem.. but that is behind me now.. I hope lol
next is either/or start hooking up the u-joint or pulling the speedo gear to post here to see if a replacement can be found..
Until next time
Cheer
Last edited by Phak1; 04/19/2025 1:26 PM. Reason: Typo
