Ok, I just updated my webshots album with the pictures of my transmission.
Bill, my trans looks nothing like yours does. It is 21 and 3/4 inches from the mounting face to the yoke seal and the input shaft is 6 and 5/8 inches in length. I'll crawl under my truck tomorrow and measure my original trans, the o/d is definitely longer than the original one.
Here is the pad I mentioned.
