I spent the better part of two hours trying to get the bell housing to set the last 1/4 inch against the engine block with no luck.
Before you ask, I did the following.
Installed new clutch facing the right way against the flywheel
Center the clutch plate with the alignment tool
Greased the bearing
Used alignment bolts (not tight) to help align the case and block
Using a transmission jack
Internal slave -ugh- still has the plastic retaining straps.
The transmission and transfer case are mounted together and it's one heavy sob
The splined input shaft did easily go in through the clutch
Anything else to try? ripping it out and putting in a 4BT is not an option at this time lol.
Cheers.
Before you ask, I did the following.
Installed new clutch facing the right way against the flywheel
Center the clutch plate with the alignment tool
Greased the bearing
Used alignment bolts (not tight) to help align the case and block
Using a transmission jack
Internal slave -ugh- still has the plastic retaining straps.
The transmission and transfer case are mounted together and it's one heavy sob
The splined input shaft did easily go in through the clutch
Anything else to try? ripping it out and putting in a 4BT is not an option at this time lol.
Cheers.