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I did that the first time as I have done for years. Using gear oil on rear end seal and tranny oil on tranny seals. This time I thought grease might help. Now its rebuilt as I have never driven the tranny other than in the yard so thought I might as well get it done right. I got tired of pulling it out...haha. Now the passing gear linkage seams wrong. Or the rebuilder put the wrong passing gear linkage piece on the side of the tranny. Always something :-)
The passing gear link (tube) is basically a "L". Short side of it to the carb. Now if you recently put an extra spacer under the carb that kick down tube will be short that amount. Or if you recently replaced a factory 2V carb with a 4V carb and intake it may require a kick down rod extension. Holley part number 20-41. Different intakes set the center pivot of the carb in a different spot.
Well it seems that when I pulled the tranny out of the truck I must have bent the passing gear rod. Now I have bent it very little mind you, now it fits perfect. So I shall be good to go, Thank you all for the great help and ideas.
Next on the list is the exhaust. dual 2.5 going into a single stainless flowmaster muffler then out to a 3 inch tail pipe.