Almost ready to drop the engine and GDU backing, something I noticed during the dismantling process is that I was missing a few bolts (see pictures) ...

Yup, good think I replaced the gdu oil cooler.... Good sized chucks coming out of it.

My car is a lot older but this is what I have.

Yah, you could even say that in capitals! lol

Conversation pcs for the wall of shame.

I do have a shop manual. 👍

And it begins 🙂

Okay, I've got all my parts on order, my GDU has been rebuilt and I should be starting the reassembly next week. As I was getting organized on my w...

No it does not, it uses a traditional air cooler.

Finding a direct replacement is tougher than expected, Spring Mountain is still looking, so I was thinking.... I might just install an inline oil filt...

Well, lesson learned. Always check that everything is correctly torqued. Both sides were not even close to the 45ft/lbs. Is there a service m...

@rjbender Thank you Sir!

Son of a BITCH, I know exactly how that feels.

How do these shift forks look to you guys? Hard to see in a picture but they are very straight, not bent in the slightest.