Another NV4500 to NP205

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I was in the garage last night tinkering with my NV4500 and NP205. It took me probably 2 years to find a round 6 bolt pattern NP205 but one finally popped up on CL. I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough! Not bad for $200! It also took me about a year to find an early NV4500 and I found that on a business trip and threw it in the trunk of the rental car to get it home! I removed the long input shaft and installed my new short input. These pictures are with an empty case as I need to go through the bearings to see what their condition is.I have a couple of other NP205s so I may swap the guts from one to the other to get the best parts. I have a cast iron 4500 to 205 adapter and it needs to be modified slightly along with the bearing retainer to allow the 205 to mate up completely. If you don't make these mods the 205 will have a slight gap and it could possibly crack the adapter if you pull the two together with the hardware. I used a die grinder to remove material on the bearing retainer face and the inside of the cast iron adapter.