Monte, how were you loosing fifth gear? I had the nut on the output shaft spin off, leaving things to fail from there. Could get her rolling in first still, but 2,3,5,R were out. Was able to limp home in 4th on the stright-through and thanks to boost. I had a StarQuest Tranny and stole parts from it, using Loc-Tite red on the big nut.

That happened somewhere short of 10k miles on the swap. Only have about 12k on it now, so no idea yet on long term stability. Getting mine back on road now, after a few years sitting.

And yes, I am hand-shaker at heart as well. Just put a big JY order in for parts to swap the 00 over. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />