A833 trans alignment issue? Help

There is no reason why you should have to pull the tranny in place into the bellhousing bore. Take some light sandpaper and clean any paint or crap off the inside of the bore and the outside of the front bearing retainer. If you have to force anything - something's wrong. I have some longer bolts I cut the heads off to use as alignment pins that are 3" long so it just slides into place. Put the trans in gear and use a slip yoke to rotate the output shaft while you slide it in and it should pop right in. But - before all that - align the bellhousing properly and don;t use the MP dowels. Use the Robb MC package.