[ScottyS]

OK, got her running today.

Mainly, I got tired of fooling around with several issues at once and decided to put all the stock bits back on and see if the new diff and tranny worked. They do, with a little bit of noise, but nothing like what was going on before.

The turbo, exhaust, and TMIC all have little fitment issues that I will be able to address piecemeal rather than leave it all torn apart.

What I did find out with all this is that a nice tranny jack and tall stands make all the difference. The actual fitting up of the new tranny took all of 15min with no blood or sweat. Being able to adjust everything makes all the difference. In the future, I anticipate JUST tranny swaps to go easy, the annoying part is bolting all the little stuff back on....you know, axles, exhaust, and stuff.

I think I might have the clutch adjusted a little too tight, IE the first half of the pedal stroke does the full disengagement. Wouldn't it be better if I allowed a little more pedal freeplay?