[Brewsterbuff]

John, Thanks for your input. I have already started to remove the floorboards to access the shifter. My son-in-law is my excellent helper and will be here over the weekend. I will drain the rear by then and if pieces come out will start to loosen stuff to pull the rear. I used to do this a lot on Model As but never found it to be fun, however pulling engines isn't much fun either on the Brewster, a little more difficult than on a stock '34 Ford. Disturbing thing is I just had the radiator off 3 times to try to solve the overheating problem and had the engine out once, and 3 sets of heads, 3 different kinds of water pumps . NOW THIS. When I was 25 it was fun, not quite so much at 80.