After putting this 6 speed manual on the back of the engine, and taking the trans back off, i made some adjustments with the hammer. Spent about an hour whacking at various spots with two different bfh.
In the tunnel, all the way up. Bolts on passenger side of cross member almost reach.
After 7 attempts best pic i could get, time for new phone I recon. What we are looking at is the t56 bolted up to the Lt 1 bellhousing, with a gm trans adapter, and the t56 snout reaches and goes into the Volvo crank maybe 1/4 inch. Note how far back the splines start, this is why Dodge flywheel spaced on top of STS flywheel. The machine shop now has a Volvo crank shaft, a Volvo auto pilot bearing, and the sts flywheel and NASCAR Quarter Master, button 3 disc clutch with dodge flywheel. They are going to make spacers for the dodge flywheel, to STS flywheel, and drill and tap the STS flywheel, then make a pilot bushing to go through it all.
Got too crazy on passenger side tunnel.
Almost enough hammered in the trans tunnel, to allow the reverse switch -on the tail shaft to have some moving space.
Need to hammer out a little higher in the trans tunnel, to clear drivers side bellhousing, to transmission adapter , bolt hole- ears.
So back out again, then back in. Very fun lifting a t56 with a four by four block of wood at the back of the tail shaft, about 9 inches in the air to put on a transmission jack. After 4 attempts , my Young lady helped me ,and pushed the trans jack under, after - i lifted by grabbing hold of the input shaft, and using the fulcrum point of my elbows on the concrete. That longer transmission seems a bit heavier than a torque converter loaded in a aw71.. Maybe its me. Maybe its age, ha. Ughh my elbows, pads would be a better idea next time.
The shifter location has moved farther forward, the higher the t56 goes in the tunnel, but nothing a melted, and bent shifter -cannot fix.