914 transmission disassembly, Step by step, so it can go back together Options

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I just took apart my last transmission, and I carefully documented the disassembly with notes and pictures. I did it so I could put one back together, but I might as well post it here for all to benefit from. It is not intened to replace Red-Beard's article, more to supplement it. The parts diagrams and Red-beard's article are not enough to turn a pile of parts into a transmission. (There are three similar tapered washers that are all different thicknesses, for example) You either have to just know where everything goes, or take very good notes while disassembling. I did not fully disassemble the transmission, just the most confusing parts that usually have to come off. I left a bearing race on the input shaft, and a bearing on the pinion shaft. I did not remove the differential. Without further adoo, (I don't even try to spell french) here's step one:

1. Drain the gear lube! Very important! Here's what happens when you don't:

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Now you can remove the 1/reverse shift rod (make sure the 2/3 shift rod is in the neutral position or it won't come out). Once you remove the 1/reverse shift rod, a little metal pill looking thingie will come out of the intermediate plate. Next remove the bolt from the 2/3 shift fork, slide the shift rod out, and remove the shift fork. After that another ball, a longer spring with a rod in it, and yet another ball will come out of the intermediate plate. Now remove the 4/5 shift rod and fork, in the same way as 2/3. Heres a picture of the shift rods, and how they interact with the detents and springs: