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OK -went out and put the bearing retainer on and measured again, and the short shaft is 6.5" long when measured from the face of the transmission. If the Lakewood measurements are right, then that would but the end of the input shaft .064" away from the block face. I'm thinking the crank shaft sticks out further than that, but not sure. If the bottom of the hole in the crank is actually below the block surface, then I should be fine with the short shaft, if I don't use the spacer. However, I then have to modify the tunnel to move the shifter forward about 3/4" from where it originally was - that's what I want to avoid as it means re-carpeting the tunnel.
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