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Posted: Sat Jun 16th, 2018 10:36 pm

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No worries, Scrambler...thanks for the concern. Everything worked out. I stepped back, thought my way through it, dry fit every part multiple ways, and it went right in. Input shaft measured exactly the same at every location...I was extremely deliberate in how I cleaned it up with the Emery cloth...rotated the shaft often, even pressure in consistent back and forth, left hand, right hand motions. Pics below of how it went.

Full dry fit of the clutch disc and pilot bearing...should have done that first thing.

Pilot bearing inserted, test fitted with input shaft (yes, still attached to the transmission)...slid in like butter.

Reinstalled flywheel, clutch disc, and pressure plate. Left pressure plate loose enough to maneuver the clutch disc. Reinserted input shaft, tightened down pressure plate...guaranteed alignment.

Put bell housing back on, lined everything up, maneuvered transmission over the crossmember, cleared the firewall, inserted input shaft, wiggled (less is more), wiggled a little bit more, felt the input shaft enter the clutch disc, wiggled some more, felt it reach the pilot bearing, raised engine ever so slightly, wiggled a bit more (even smaller than before), bell housing reached engine block, bolted her down. Biggest lesson learned...brute force is useless and actually negates the effort.

Back in place!!!

Now on to bleeding the slave cylinder, hooking up the speedometer gear and reverse sensor, refilling with Mercon V, and reinstalling the gear shift.