update 4/28
The car came with cheap old purple tint, so it had to go!.... MAN WHAT A PITA!
I used the steam method that I have used on my other vehicles but dam i have never gotten steam burned as much as i did on that day.
I just used a conventional/ home type steam iron for my suits.
update 5/1
I got my transmission in today and so far the trans look like its been rebuilt. I bought it off ebay so :/ lets see how well it works. it does come with a 6 month warranty. That's what gives me a bit of piece of mind.
It was a pain in the but pulling it off the freight company trailor that delivered it to my friends shop, and more of a pain to get it down from the back of my truck.
I never had a hard time sourcing a trans as much as i had with this one. These parts are getting harder and more expensive to get. I cut a deal with the ebay seller; I got the trans, transfer case and torque converter with shipping for 800.00. i know its a ton for a auto trans but no one had one, and after searching on the forums no one had one for sale until after I purchased mine I seen 2 pop up on the forums FML. desperate times call for desperate measures.
update 5/2
the day i picked up the trans from my friends shop that i it shipped to. the oil leaked out of the transfer case, my friend noticed it and told me to check the bearings in it because I don't think gear oil is suppose to glitter like that, ( Crap ) at the beginning i didn't want to believe it but it lingered in the back of my mind and didn't want a surprise in the future.
So i took apart the transfer case and ......
pieces came barfing out of it. moment of silence.... and then the vulgar, nasty, mother loving words came out.
I checked out the shaft and the bearing became one with the shaft. I tried to pull it off, Heating it off but no luck. I started to try to cut if off very carefully with a thin cutting wheel. but didn't get to far since it was dark out already
i might just end up taking it to a machine shop, so they can put it on a lathe and cut it down. I looked on jacks transmissions and they sell a kit to rebuild the T case.
MOD 14 here i come.