THree point edit but with 4 video timelines

I have 4 video time lines. Video line 3 has a gap i want to fill with a clip using a 3 point edit. I put the v1 selector on V3, No mater what instructions i follow from the manual I cannot get the clip into the space on track 3. WHen i do a mark clip instead of marking the time line for in and out points , the background clips that are actually locked from changes are marked. Nothing shows up as marked on the timeline it self - only the canvas. Every time i try to drag the new clip in i see a solid red line show up underneath the numbers on the timeline and it looks like stuff is splattered everywhere. THe only thing i find that is even close to working is fit to fill
BUT in doing the fit to fill -- surprise surprise -- a 70 second clip is squoze down to fit into a 15 second space - so that really doesn't help me.
I am lost about how a 3 point edit should actually work in that case. any help would be appreciated.

Set V3 as the target edit track as you've done. Put the playhead over the gap on V3. Option click the autoselect button on V3. That should autoselect that track and deselect the other tracks. Option click the autoselect button on the corresponding audio track that has a gap. Press the X key. This should mark the gap with In and Out points. Do an overwrite edit to fill the gap.
If the autoselect buttons don't work because you have audio on the corresponding audio track that doesn't match the gap, you can manually place the I/O. Use the up arrow key to go to the beginning of the gap. Press I. Use the down arrow key and then the left arrow key and then press O to mark the out point at the end of the gap.

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