Okay, well I tried putting the shaft back in, and it does reconnect
in there -- and when you turn it the axles turn, etc. There doesn't seem
to be a whole lot of "depth" to that connection however (like about 1/2"
to 3/4"), and I'm a bit concerned about that. Is it possible that there
is something stopping the shaft from going all the way in? Or is that
it? And since my engine is a '81 (which supposedly has a longer shaft),
is the shaft likely to come out too far while running -- I understand it
wouldn't with the stock engine, but ---??
    I guess I could pull the tranny and take off the bell housing and do
it right. However, if I'm going to do that, I'd much rather put the '81
091 tranny in. Will the nose cones of the two interchange? If so, that
would be the way to go, I'd think. The length (minus the nose cone) of
each is the same, the shaft on the 091 is rock solid *and* the correct
length, and I'd get one heck of a lot better gas milege. Don't think I'd
want to get into fabricating front mounts and shift linkage at this
point, but if the nose cones interchange I wouldn't have to do that.
   It seems like they should - the bolt pattern looks to be the same,
and the '76-'79 091 trannys had the front shift nose cone like the
'68-'75, while only the '80-'83 091 trannys had the sideshift nosecone.
Anybody know about this?

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