John,

I probably won't go too much into the tranny myself as I have one on the way to me now...probably will save a lot of time and be much easier to just change the transmission out and tinker with the old one when I have more time. I will post if I find anything unusual with the transmission. I have to replace the "ring gear" "flywheel" what ever it is called anyway so it would have to be removed regardless.

Thanks for the help!!

LEM