reconditioning gears and sliders
I pretty much did the same thing, trans is assembled but not in the car yet so not much help. Sorry. I give you guys in Europe a lot of credit for working on American iron over there.
I bought a swap meet 833 to go in my Valiant. Seller said it worked fine when removed from a 65 Barracuda. (Of course, they all say that) I thought it was a good deal at $325 with Hurst shifter but I've had to put a lot of money into it and had to draw a line somewhere. It will be interesting to see if my similar grinding works out.
Maybe Dan will be kind enough to comment.
@Dan Brewer