I absolutely DID NOT use a hammer to install anything internal to this transmission. Two seals on the outside, yes.
I have replaced every single teflon seal, metal seal, o ring, lip seal, plastic clutches etc that I've come across. I trust no seals a second time. Also those plastic sprags kinda scare me too.
I figured that the park rod was going to be one of the pains in the butt. Luckily the trans is vertical so I might just have to stab it and check, rinse and repeat, until I get it right.
I started to worry that I was going to wind up with a faulty build, because of all of the oddities that I've encountered. But everything is coming up within spec, the servo bores looked great, all the seals went in well, and I've got a professionally rebuilt and updated VB that I'm installing. So I should probably relax and just get this thing buttoned up.
