Hello All, quick update... temperatures are finally "summer tire friendly" and the car is out of the garage. Runs like a DREAM!.... No worries about lining up "yellow" dots on the clutch. Bleeding the system was a royal pain... with pumping and clutching and all of that..... but eventually got it to work. Then as it was suggested got a big Mityvac and re-bled the whole thing by my self in a matter of minutes! AWESOME TOOL strongly recommend! Remote bleeder is under the hood, so anytime I need to run some fresh fluid through this it is a one man job!

NIGHT AND DAY difference between stock shifter and IPSCO - WOW - what an awesome upgrade - I can't believe I waited that long to change up... forget the sloppy shifts!

Lastly - skip shift solenoid lock out - STRONGLY RECOMMEND! Huge pain when you are taking off slow but then decide to have some fun ... and can't due to 2nd and 3rd locked out.. get rid of that garbage.

Thank you everyone who plugged in and helped me out with this repair... this was my first transmission removal job - one more stripe earned

TGIF - be well guys!