If it is a sliding 1st gear trans i'd replace the cluster too. Being it's not constant mesh those 2 gears wear more than the others. Not much whine on new gears in 2nd and 3rd is straight threw (very little torque applied to cluster). I broke so many sliding gear tran's when i was a kid i could pull one rebuilt it and be driving in an afternoon LOL! amxron 70 AMX 70 Hornet 78 FSJ Wagoneer Fleet&JEEP Mgr Orbit/AMC-JEEP 50-1787 _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list