<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hey Kyle,<div><br></div><div>I’ve done several manual transmission “rebuilds” (often just bearing replacements). Mostly tractor but this is my third car/truck trannies. So this was not new to me. Having said that I do, for this rebuild, frequently refer to the factory manual and I scoped out a video or two on YouTube to get the lay of the land and maybe catch the non-intuitive tip or two that every project seems to have. So definitely get a shop manual if available.</div><div><br></div><div>Manual tranny rebuilds are fairly simple and I would encourage you to try to tackle it. Some of the tools and processes maybe a bit different that you are used to. Gear and bearing pullers, arbor press and retaining ring pliers for both internal and external rings are a must. All of these come in various shapes and size so I would acquire them as I go if I were you. I will admit i had a Matco tool salesman for a neighbor until he retired 10 or so years ago so it was easy (if expensive) to go to him and buy “just the right” tool when I was doing a project that was new to me. So my tool collection was already complete enough for this project.</div><div><br></div><div>Rebuild kits are often available for the more popular trannies, so start researching suppliers. If your transmission is odd enough that no one is selling rebuild kits, get to know your local bearing house really well. They’ll be a big help cross referencing old bearing numbers, getting odd snap/retaining rings and “sleeves” (research “redi-sleeve” or “speedi-sleeve”) .</div><div><br></div><div>The place where I got my rebuild kit does a lot with keep stuff:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.novak-adapt.com/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.novak-adapt.com/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.novak-adapt.com/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Novak Conversions Home</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.novak-adapt.com/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">novak-adapt.com</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.novak-adapt.com/" draggable="false"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>