02APR2004	Started to re-assemble the rear end.
03APR2004	Assembled the rear end.  Torqued everything down.  Found that the whole axle was about one and a half inches to the left out of alignment.  Can't figure out why.  Took apart and re-assembled.  Still out of alignment.
04APR2004	Fixed alignment problem by dropping the diff way back and working into position.  Problem is, I pulled the driveshaft out of the transmission.  Can't get it back in.  Spent nearly all day fiddling with it, to no avail.
05APR2004	Worked with the exhaust hangers and fiddled with the driveshaft a bit.  No dice.
06APR2004	Tim came over and he helped me massage the driveshaft into the transmission.  We got the control arms in and the watts links & bracket hooked up.  Everything aligned perfectly.  I torqued everything down for good, and installed the sway bar.  Put the bolts back into the driveshaft, but they still need to be torqued.  Need a longer bolt for the connecting pipe exhaust hanger. Attached the air tube pipe to the main cat.
07APR2004	Got the bolt and finished hanging the exhaust.
08APR2004	Bled the rear brakes and re-assembled.  Front brakes need to be bled, still.  Installed new fuel filter, and picked up A/C belt.
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