I .. we.. need help! my friend has rebuilt my 283 and we're trying desperately to install this T5 Tranny, he's got the bellhousing and all the junk ready to go on, we're having trouble inserting the transmission's pilot bearing into the.. whatever you call it. Does anyone know of an easy way to get 75lbs to fit up into this motor?

We're installing this motor/trans into a '82 Datsun 280Z so we want to install everything at once and not do it seperately. And we don't have the spare change for a Transmission Jack to put the tranny in after the motor.

Anyone with some little tricks of the trade to help speed along this process?

The pilot bearing seems to be giving us alot of trouble.