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To everyone who has commented, complimented and suggested. A big thank you! It's all good for the motivation!

Will definitely be re-visiting the brush guard fit up.

About the overdrive. I'm not going to call it a resounding success but it does do what it is suppose to do. The truck will run 65mph at about 2300 rpm. This is with 4.10 gears and 31.5 tires. So that part is good.

On the downside it is noisy. I had heard these had some gear whine and now I can personally attest to this. Thankfully it isn't too bad in 4th gear, the most used.

It leaks where it mates to the main tranny. I followed the instructions very carefully and that's where I messed up. Silicone is used and I should have used more than the instructions called for. They called for a "paper thin film" but this is not adequate. A quarter inch bead would be more suitable. So now I have to disconnect the tranny and move it back far enough to clean the mating surfaces and apply a proper amount of silicone to keep it from leaking.

But, back to the details of re-assembly. Today I re-installed the radiator overflow tank and the windshield washer reservoir with all their plumbing. Just need to wire up the washer pump.