[Bill Pritchard]

The baggie deal was done out of frustration...many years ago I bought plastic 'plugs' at a parts swap meet to go in place of a driveshaft yoke. Thought I still had them....I found the larger one for the T400, but of course the one for a 4 speed is MIA [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img] Actually that picture shows the sum total of the gear lube that came out of the trans during this whole process, because I managed to keep it either fairly level or tilting forward the entire time.

Dan, my garage floor is reasonably clean but nothing to write home about. And yes, Mike, I'll bet even the scorpions would turn away at the smell/feel of gear lube. Thankfully I haven't seen any of them in the garage for a while now.

My NOS Muncie shifter body arrived today and it is installed in the car now. Feels pretty stiff....I hope it loosens up a bit with some use, otherwise I may have to put the old one back in. I have sprayed it down good with some white lithium spray grease to see if that helps it. Hopefully tomorrow it will come down off the jack stands so I can work on clutch adjustment. I will be keeping my fingers crossed that the shuddering has been vanquished with the old clutch.