14 hours ago, Yarb said:

This is Great information. Now I need to find a good trans shop here in central Florida to go through it before I drop it in. Converting an automatic to manual. I found a complete drive train from a 83. 

Thanks Yarb! (in  this case I was very lucky.)

I know nothing about such a conversion, though someone here can probably help.

Luck/Cheers..

I heard one time that it's important to "lap" new baulk rings (synchros) in when installing. True? (like you would lap a valve?)

Not sure I’ve heard or seen that done before. I’d like to see how they would attempt that.

Maybe the older steel synchros.