Alright! I managed to get my Saginaw 4 Speed 3 ringer rebuilt! Took a little while, and to be honest the mysteries of the manual transmision are still... a bit of a mystery to me. Actually, it's not really all that complicated in principal- but you've gotta love the engineering that went into something like this. Gears, counter gears, sliding in and over eachother. It's transmission porn, I tell ya. It took a bit of work to put everything back together, truth be told - there are a LOT of parts. The manual was... to put it lightly, mandatory.
While I was working at it, I also cleaned up the shifter and aligned it as best I can for now. I'll need to torque down the tailshaft bolts (I don't have the right ones in there right now so there's no point) and make sure it doesn't leak, but it's assembled, and that's what counts. The shifter and linkages will all need to be replaced, but it works well enough that I'll be able to install the transmission as it is until I can afford a nice HURST shifter for it. Priority now is getting it everything ready so I can install/fabricate mounts and brackets as needed. Next up: Brakes! I'm planning on ordering a disk kit for the rear end and working out what to do for a master cylinder/pedal/clutch etc...
