thanks for the continued help, i couldn't have done it without you. this photo sums it up. i'll stop at our local trans parts guy tomorrow and bite the bullet for a new gear, bushing, and seal. i was going to just replace the one gear that is cracked, the other one looks ok, but i'll take it into him to see what he sais, or if you think i should replace them both, i will. i'll chalk this one up as learning experience. the thing that really bites is i think i had it installed correctly until we were pushing back the car to get the cherry picker in line, the jack that was holding up the trans slipped out, and the trans nose fell down, then the torque conv wasn't seated all the way and as we can see, it never got there
