EDIT you can also make a bridal of sort for the trans/t/case with a rope or chain and use your feet and hands to maneuver it. One person under the truck with back on the floor pushing/gently rocking the EDIT: tranfer case with there feet on either side of it. They can tell if you need to come up or down or adjust the tilt of the transmission. Have someone watching from the side to see it going in (coaching). Put the floor jack handle to the front of the truck and have someone pulling (blind). If you feel too much pressure tightening the bolts, it's not aligned properly and if you continue on, there's a good chance of breaking off a mounting ear. But you have to go real slow, do each bolt 1/2 turn at a time to ensure that the TMS is sliding in. If the TMS is perfectly parallel with the bellhousing and the alignment dowels have engaged, it's ok to CAREFULLY, pull in the TMS a tiny spec at a time by tightening up the bolts to pull it in. If the TMS is only 1/2" away from being home, you might be feeling the interference fit of the pilot bearing. I'd pull the TMS out and carefully probe the clutch disc hole with the clutch alignment tool, rotating it several times to insert in different orientations to be sure the tool inserts all the way into the pilot bearing without hanging up. The input shaft tip only inserts the last 1/2" into the pilot bearing, so if the TMS is hanging up farther out, it may just be the clutch disc isn't perfectly centered in the pressure plate. You've got to use alignment bolts with the hex head cut off to get it aligned straight. I would never attempt it again, which is why I purchased a proper transmission jack the last time I did it. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone though. I've stabbed a H41 twice just using a floor jack, so it's definitely possible (and dangerous).
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