Just wanted to add here, I installed the tranny again last night (swapped trannies, my 1st gear broke), and the driveshaft thing worked wonderfully.

Dont forget to add gear oil in the tranny, not just the shifter housing. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

been there, done that. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683664.gif

Of course. I did the air method. I drilled a hole in the oil bottle cap, inserted a tube to the bottom. Then poked a hole near the top of the bottle, and applied pressurized air. It took quite a while due to air leaking, but it got the job done with very little effort on my part.



Tip: transfer oil to a soda bottle, it holds a lot more pressure. The oil bottle looked like it was about to bust with something like 12 psi.



I've been meaning to build something like this out of PVC or steel pipes, with a fitting for a flexible tube, a quick-connect air fitting for the compressor, and a screw-on top or bottom for filling with oil. It would make fluid changes a snap.

fill it before it goes back in the damn car? strawberry shortcake says "**** YEAH!"

If I did that, I would've dumped it all out the tail shaft in the process. I didn't want to bother finding a way to seal it up temporarily.

Hmm, i guess you can put the drive shaft in the trans, then put it in together. Kind of a balancing act...

If a tranny jack thingy is available, or if you're working on a lift, I guess that wouldn't be too hard.