Mission Accomplished (To a Point)/Good Morning Oppo

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The clutch, pressure plate and the bellhousing is bolted in; along with the torque tube and gearbox. After a near 6hr struggle, the powertrain is back together again!

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You can see some of my expertly painted flywheel timing marks in yellow through the starter motor hole. :p
You can see some of my expertly painted flywheel timing marks in yellow through the starter motor hole. :p

Its was strangely (or typically harder) to put things back together than take them apart. The biggest trick is the clutch fork, which kinda floats on the throwout bearing, had to maintain it’s position while the bellhousing is fighting obstructions to mate to the back of the block.

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But it’s relatively smooth sailing from here out. I’ll be in the garage most of today and I’ll share more updates later. THIS, is a good weekend.