has anybody done this yet

never thought of that Treblig. thanks. I put it back up on jackstands tonight. going to crawl under there in the morning and see if I can loosen the tranny mounts and slide the tailshaft over some. I thing my boys locked it down before we realized it was tht tight. maybe all these things will get me there. I am still looking at cutting the column shaft and putting a DOM shaft in and get some room. thanks for the ideas. Bill