Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

Black was the way I was leaning and the ONE vote I got put me over the top. Black it is.

Not updating much lately because I have been working on the car and not surfing the car sites. Last Saturday I tore the 4 speed OD down for new bearings, syncros, gaskets and seals. After I pivoted the tail housing to expose the counter shaft for removal I had one of those AWWW S~~t!!!!! moments. There was a lot of slop, where there should be none, in the case bore where the counter shaft's end is supported. I proceeded to tear the main case apart and this is what I found:
As the end of the counter shaft came out of the case the galling on the end forebode what was to come.