The trans was it working order when I pulled it, and the fluid was in used, but not burnt condition. I scrubbed it, primed it with Rustoleum high heat primer and shot a couple coats of Duplicolor black engine enamel.
Cleaned up the alignment dowels, bolted up the factory flex plate and torque converter, then mated them. One of the threads in the trans housing for the dust cover was damaged, an M10x1.5x2D helicoil made it good as new.
The oil pan, heads and covers cleaned up much better than they look. Though, I wish I would have shot them with a gray or silver to clean it up.