General questions before installing A833

Is the engine (crank) a "stick" crankshaft? Many of these are drilled undersize, so the easy way out is to use the great big fat pilot that fits into the converter register. CHECK that the hole is drilled deep enough. I had a 97 Dodge 2500 2wd and the pilot was not drilled AT ALL on that engine.

Those boxes are HEAVY. I used to install mine with a floor jack. Sometimes, long bolts sawed off make good "guide" pins to start the box in place. If you put it in gear, and put a slip yoke in the tail, you can wiggle that to align the box. Some boxes will go into reverse and a forward gear, which locks the shaft to the box, then just wiggle the box to align the clutch splines

You do know? about a clutch alignment shaft?

Some bellhousings, you can put the fork in after the gearbox is in place, and that can make things easier, because you just "toss" the TO bearing on the front and slam it in, so to speak.