Good choice...I used Hanlon back in August to rebuild my T-5. I spent about 3 weeks on it... wound up driving to Hanlon (I'm less than 2 hours away) and showing Bob my disassembled transmission. He looked at it and said "this is shot, need a new one of these..." Altogether I wound up buying a full WC rebuild kit, steel retainer, 1-2-R slider, an 068 2nd-2rd-cluster kit, input shaft and swapping my existing 3rd for a better 5th. Final sum was about $700 but I had to, the fluid was leaking out the rear seal which killed the main gear (input to cluster).
As far as cleaning, I used generous amounts of carb cleaner. Carb cleaner is ok for the internals as they don't get very dirty but for the external you wind up using way too much of it.
You'll have no problem finishing it...even with parts delays you shouldn't need more than a few weeks. Oh...make sure you have access to a shop press. Those bearings are a pain to get off without one! And save the old races, they're good for installing the new bearings. If you'd rather just buy a press, harborfreight.com has a cheap one for about 75 dollars or so.
Good luck and sorry for babbling,
Rich D.
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