Everything seems sorted out now, and I also found out I in fact had the wrong T-case shifter in, and now the boot can be screwed down and it is a LOT quieter in the cab with that big hole plugged. Put a new Hickey shift knob on and good as new.
Brakes; CHECK!
also got a Dodge D60 steering arm from a member here who had already reamed it out to accept a chevy ball joint. Got that on and initially had it the same length as the drop arm. MISTAKE! My left turn radius was about 50 yards. The factory steering arm needs shortened as far as it can go since the dodge arm sticks straight out. but the pitman arm and steering arm are almost level now.
No complaints anymore except it needs an alignment and the clear on top of the cab is starting to blister already.
