BTW, Push-1267; if you want to retain the 'stock' look in your engine bay, the right-angle fitting/dipstick on your transitional ZF will transfer directly to a dash-2 ZF and will still read correctly, as will the angle-bolted side plates (match the side-bearing shimming from whatever later model ZF you may locate). Sadly, the sand-cast bell housing won't fit unless you do some machine work on it to adapt it for the later, larger case dash-2 ZFs. But changing to a later box is definitely something that should be on your to-do list in the future. Call it insurance.
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