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And when you have done all of the above you can try this incantation, GET the F__K IN YOU MOTHER F__KING PIECE OF S__T!!! As you repeat those words violently shake the end of the transmission while pushing it forward toward the engine. This method has a surprisingly good success rate.

All thanks for the help! I got it together! I removed the clutch and re-centered it and I still could not close that gap. It made no sense. So I removed the clutch again and I removed the pilot bushing that I had put on about a month ago. The bushing's inner diameter is slightly too large and does not fit over the spindle. But the plastic tool worked just fine which is why I didn't think of this at first. WTF??!! Luckily as I was searching through my parts boxes I had bought another one on ebay a long time ago and forgot I had it. Once I put the new one in and put the clutch back on the whole job took 5 mins to align. She is ready to go back in! Been a long time coming.

since your reading of .93k at even 125f there is no way that light should come on CO says more like 230ma to glow full so I would guess you need prob a min of 75ma to notice it. that being the case the thermistor must be getting much hotter that 125f. more on the order of .15k or 150 ohms to flow about 80mA just to get it to light dimly. So the issue now become if you insert a pot to lower the resistance in an effort to keep the light from coming on, anything more that 150 ohm in series with the thermistor will prob keep it from lighting no matter what the thermistor is doing. therefore any added resistance should be no more that 150ohms and clearly more than 0 (otherwise it has not benefit). I will dig around my pot stash and look for a 100 ohm WW rheostat. I have some that were used in old color convergence boards for TV's in the vacuum tube era.

I have a FG hood from the early 70s that has the same workmanship. I need to go look at more closely after seeing this pictures.

Update: I turned the linkage 180 degrees where it connects to the motor "drive shaft". All good now. (Duh!) Thanks all!