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Posted: Mon Jun 29th, 2020 10:28 am

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Allright here it goes, stop fighting it! A little trick I learned after trying to stab these engines back onto auto trans in the truck....this makes it so much easier:

REMOVE THE ENGINE MOUNT PLATES from the side of the engine block

With the engine hanging from the hoist you can now line it up perfectly to the trans bellhousing and stab them together. Getting the proper height and angles is so much better with the engine hanging.

I am sure you know how to stab an auto trans and converter by now on a Ford? The TC studs must be lined up with the holes in the flexplate before you pull the bellhousing to the engine
Once the studs are lined up and the BH is bolted to the engine you can now raise it back up, install your engine side plates, lower it back down on the mounts and remove the hoist
After the BH is bolted to the engine When you install the first TC nut the converter should pull forward 3/8"

MAKE sure the locating dowels are in their proper positions, sometimes a new trans will have two dowels in it and so will the engine = stopping you from bolting them up.....so check your dowels, I have seen that enough times to actually stop and check them before I hoist the engine......

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