Great Progress until the parts don't fit
The transmission guy reassembled the overdrive and created a fixture for checking it out of the car. Here's a picture of the fixture, using a drill motor to spin the transmission to generate oil pressure: Then here's the video of the test itself. The overdrive was confirmed to work, which you can detect by the increasing speed depicted by the flapping business card on the output: The transmission guy wanted to also replace the front oil seal and gasket. In order to replace those parts he needed to remove the clutch operating shaft. The shaft and it's fork are connected by a bolt that would not come out. So he ended up cutting out the old lever and fork. Here's the new parts: The new parts don't line up correctly! This picture tells the story. The gap between the two pins on the fork should be the same on both sides of the round portion of the transmission. As you can see by the drill pits wedged into place, the gap is not the s...