[joesplace62]

Thanks for the replies, guys.
Kurt, that belt looks just like what I found in my engine bay. I had that motor installed 4 years ago and never saw any sign of it in there before. I wouldn't have believed my wrench would have left it there after converting the motor to carbs. Just goes to show, if you want something done right you have to do it yourself!

Thom, I blew up a tranny a few years ago also, and put in a used one. The car still seems to shift into all the gears OK and was able to move under its own power into the garage. It also doesn't make any unusual noises while idling in neutral. I put a new coupler in the shift linkage last summer and have looked at it a couple of times since then, so the cheap possibility doesn't seem likely.

I'll be pulling things apart this weekend, we'll see what we find.

Thanks again, Marty