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Legaltags.com sets up a Montana Limited Liability Company (LLC) for you, and then you get Montana tags and title for your vehicle. At least that's what it looks like from their website.

There's some new company advertising titles - maybe cartitles.com? Or legaltags.com? Looks like Legal Tags does this under Montana law; maybe similar to the Vermont loophole? Had anyone had any success with these car title companies?

Thanks for the details! Did you use the plastic thrust washers that came in the Wild Horses kit or did you re-use your original ones?

Rebuilding original trans - RAT 3 speed.

Thanks!

Ok, I'm going to cut it to where it's the same length as the counter gear. Thanks

The counter gear dummy shaft should be the same length as the counter gear, correct? The Ford/Rotunda dummy shaft is about 1/2" shorter than the counter gear, but I"m guessing that's just so it can be used in shorter counter gears in other transmissions.

3/4" PVC was too thick at 1" but 1/2" galvanized pipe is .853" OD - damn near perfect. Got a 2' piece from Lowes. Thanks again for the suggestion.

If you could get a phone number that would be much appreciated. Thanks! Scott

Had to watch my video to refresh my memory, but it's at 6:02 -

Cluster gear is together. That was fairly simple and didn't require a press. Input and counter gear are loaded with needle bearings - 25 on each side for the cluster gear and 15 for the input. Seal is installed in bearing retainer. O-rings installed on shift arms.

Excellent idea. Looks like 3/4" Schedule 40 PVC is about .840" OD. 3/4" copper tubing may work, but I may have to remove some material (supposed to be .875" OD).

I got it apart, but it's a slightly different process than the passenger car transmissions, so it took a bit of figuring out. The Shop Manual isn't a model of clarity, and there are no YouTube videos of a RAT rebuild that I could find. And now in pieces. I disassembled the gear cluster...

I just finished rebuilding two Borg Warner T-10 transmissions for my budget road race '72 AMC Javelin, and the reverse idler thrust washers look very similar to the ones BW uses for the counter gear. But my counter gear thrust washers look fine, so I'll just re-use them.

I think the reverse idler washers are C3AZ-7029-A. Ordered 4 from eBay. Said to be NOS.