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Hey dude are you sure that Rhino lining shop owner isn't from the Congo? (Just finished reading that epic trip report on the nuts driving through Congo) The price seems steep for the inside of a regular cab truck. He'd probably want a grand to do the inside of the K5. It looks good, but DANG! Can't wait to see the chairs finished too.

As far as the trans noise goes, from reading the repair order when we pulled your trans out, the main complaint was that it was popping out of 5th under load. Noise wasn't a complaint at the time. It was pretty clean inside when you had it apart too. Plus lopping off the last 4 inches of the tailshaft and installing the collar to retain 5th should have eliminated the original problem we pulled it for in the first place. I can't remember from when we installed the collar if there was a possibility of it sliding and possibly installed in not quite the right spot. Considering the AA adapters were so tight in tolerances if the collar was too far to the rear (talking fractions of an inch here) it would be rubbing on the adapter. It might be worth it to take a sample of fluid to see if there are any flakes of metal in it.

Don't freeze your nuggets off in the garage tomorrow, it's supposed to be stupid cold at 0* compared to the 60+ we had Saturday. Gotta love Colorado weather!