So the subject at hand today is a big block 1972 727 8-in short shaft transmission for a divorced transfer case power wagon... The first thing I do is start by taking many pictures of the exterior like I will show you here for reference later in case I have need of any direction on how to put the exterior stuff back together but first off I'm going to get that stuff off and most of you won't have to deal with the big bolt holding the yoke on the back of the transmission you'll have a slip yoke in which case you'll probably have a snap ring that has to separate underneath the mount then I'll get to that as well with my parts transmission that I plan to use for this transmission. I stood back so you can really see the minimal amount of space I'm looking to use. I've done this on a 4 ft by 2 ft sheet of plywood on two chairs opposing each other as a bench if need be so don't give me this crap about how you don't have any room... I'm going to take some time right now to try and clear off the bench a little bit of some of the things on there to give me just a tidbit more room.. also I'll break out the so-called special tools besides just wrenches and sockets...