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    I bolted the tranny to the engine and tried to turn the engine via socket/ratchet and it wont budge? :hmmm:

    And no...I don't need to go to the gym, used 1" drive socket/ratchet.
     
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    Sounds like you did not get the torque converter all the way in the tranny, or you did not match up the drain bolt in converter with the flex plate.

    Did you have to pull the tranny in to meet block with the bell housing bolts. Another thought I noticed in another post that you said you changed from a manual tranny to and automatic, did you remove the pilot bearing in the crankshaft that the manual tranny input shaft went in ?
     
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    "or you did not match up the drain bolt in converter with the flex plate."

    Please do explain

    I converted the steering column 3 on the tree to a floor shift, both the tranny and engine were originally automatic out of the same vehicle
     
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    Sorry in the post that I read you were referring to the hole for clutch rod and you stated that you changed to and automatic so I assumed you changed from a manual tranny to an automatic.

    In the flexplate there is a hole that allows for the drain plug that most converters have to fit through.

    What engine are we dealing with?
     
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    Try loosening the bell housing bolts and give the tranny a little free play from engine and see if it will spin.

    When torque converter is installed correctly you should have like 1/8" of free play between torque converter and flexplate before putting the four torque converter bolts on.
     
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    OK, I'll give it a try tomorrow night. I appreciate the help.
     
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    This happened to me on my last mav when I was installing an AOD, got the wrong flexplate, it was binding with the converter, took a good while to figure that one out.
     
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    yellow75, I sent you a PM
     
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    55 crownvic, I used all of the old parts that came out/off
     
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    PM replied to
     
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    Another PM sent
     
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    PM sent...
     
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    To those that have been following, the problem is that I installed the torque convertor incorrectly. I installed the flex plate to the crank, then installed the torque convertor to the flex plate, then bolted the tranny to the engine block...:banghead:
    I'll take things apart tonight...and thanks for the help from yellow75 and 71gold
     
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    Make sure to replace the front pump seal! It likely got destroyed in the process! :D
     
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