OK, I admit that fill welding the trunion arm was not that bad. I wrapped a soaking wet tshirt around the shaft and over the transmission while welding and only filled a bit at a time and filed, then filled and filed. Probably only took 20 minutes time to do it. I no longer fear fixing those things
... thanks for all the input and suggestions.
new springs, pins, and all cleaned up and rust removed and smoothed out.
All I have left to do is to get some shims for the brackets
