The case on our old transmission was cracked through...Everything inside was in good shape so Jim found a used transmission. The only thing that was usable was the case and shaft.  The transmission place used our parts and the case and shaft on the used one....put in new clutches, bands and seals.

 We are setting the transmission on the floor. It will be on a jacks and blocked for balance.

 When you don't have a lift you make do with what you have. It ended up on two jacks. Once it was in place and balanced....

then the engine went in.

 Jim bolted it to the motor mounts...but left it on the engine hoist so I could move it up and down a bit.

 Once the engine was bolted to the mounts...Jim crawled under ....we rolled the car back to the transmission...I got the easy job of either raising the motor up or down and jacking the front of the transmission up...he used two long bolts to get it in place then bolted it together.

 It sounds like an easy job but it took a lot of work on Jim's part...at this point he has over 300 hrs in the repair.