Well, I finished putting the transmission back together tonight. It looks awesome all cleaned and painted. I checked operation on the bench in all four forward gears, plus reverse and neutral. At first I thought shifting in 3/4 was broken somehow, but it's just a bit tighter than it was before - I guess that's what the long shifter arm is for. Heck, the speedo gear even works!
Now I just have to finish up the clutch replacement, get everything installed, and I can find out whether I was a fool to rebuild this transmission in the first place!
The rebuild was not really rocket science. I admit there was some fantasizing about a Goodwrench 350 / auto trans combination while cleaning the case, but the Simple Green fumes snapped me back to my senses.
Watch this space for further news. I'll post before/after pictures soon too.
