This week, my friend Del came over one day after golf and we managed to get the transmission installed. All of the studs and nuts matched up well after the grinding work I did the week before. So now it is in, and I hope I don't have to ever pull it again. Here are a few pictures of it in place.
In this one, you see it mated to the engine. I left the chains that we used to lift it into place connected to the transmission.
This shows the tail of the tranny where I will still need to acquire a very short driveshaft. It will be about a foot long and connect the tranny to the 3rd member; the gears that drive the rear axles.
In this pic, you can see the hole where the starter bolts up to the transmission. That 3 or 4 inch hole is what we had to access the flexplate holes and torque converter studs to get them to match up.
Finally, here is a picture of my new (refurbished, actually) high torque mini-starter. I will bolt that in place this week.
Oh, and earlier in the week, I installed a mounting bracket on the carburetor which holds the throttle cable in place and provides the spring to return the throttle to idle when you lift your foot off of the gas pedal. It also works as a base for another cable which links the carb to the transmission, so it knows when power is being applied that requires an automatic shift in gears. Once I get that linkage in place, I will take a picture. Hopefully this coming week.
