"from what I can see of the pix it appears that the outter race of the
bearing is still there. you will need to remove that if so. cutting it out
or blind bearing puller . If not is it that the engine came from an
automatic bus? they didn't have pilot bearings later mark d"

That is what I was asking - is the race there? The engine did not (as far
as I know) come from an automatic bus. The trans I removed is manual -
however if there were not bearing there to begin with that would amaze me
because I have owned this bus for 4 years now and put about 35k miles on
it. My limited knowledge tells me that would be an incredible feat without
that bearing :)

I greatly appreciate the input.

Thanks,

Jeff
'85 GL (Gertie)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus