that is possible if you had been in mus that boot is a dust cover to do just that keep
![Pokinit :pokinit:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/pokinit.gif)
out it should go in the square hole it the side of the bellhousing ant the linkage comes out through it is the pickup a 3.0 or a 22re motor? this will tell me what trans you have