Did you just type that the 5 speed spicer has a plate on the back of the transmission that bolts directly to the U-joint / (propeller) on the TC to trans plate/shaft on the G749?
Since you're kinda writing the TM on a swap, are you able to put up years, part numbers and other successful info? What year is that transmission?....I guess I better back-read a bit. Take us along on the challenges too because we can all help with solutions.
I'm coming over, I gotta see this!
My Dad would constantly put away shovels, apply gobs of grease to farm equipment that sat outside, cover tires with plywood, crab about picking up the bike and putting it in the shed...."don't leave the lawn mower out"...."put away your toys"......"why is your hockey stick in the driveway",..."put that chain in the tool box".
He'd pull batteries, oil the chains on bikes, pull spark plugs and oil the cylinders in the roto-tiller/ lawn-mower/ weed-eater/ chain-saw/ pumps and generators. We'd find the 50's Ford Ferguson tractor on blocks so the tires wouldn't flat-spot, waxing the car before winter to keep the rust down, touch up paint on any rust spots that showed up on the car, Harbor Freight (Princess auto) under-coating on the bottom of the cars/ trucks and trailers, barbecues covered up and flags constantly put away.
Protecting the material possessions that the old boy managed to own seemed like an obsession. I thought he did it because he loved this stuff.......but he was just brilliant.....material cheap and cash rich!