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Taking the mounts off was much easier, but I came up with a couple major back yard tricks to compliment the original suggested trick.
For the transmission, instead of a jack under the bell housing to hold it up.....
I used a ratchet strap around the transfer case hooked to the crossmember. Was painless to adjust the height and rotation of the front of the trans from the back, using the mount as the fulcrum point. Tighter the strap, higher the front of the trans. It moved easier and you can get under it easier without the jack.
Before attempting to "stab" the engine back in I countersinked the holes on the flex plate and softened the transition in to the hole using a rotary deburring tool.
Took a file to the pilot on the torque converter to soften that transition.
Next.. that pesky plate. Last episode it fell off like 19 times invoking foul language.
Only one hole for the dowels is a hole the other is a small slot. If you take a center punch and dent the plate 4 places on the round hole and top and bottom on the slot you can press it on with a socket and it stays put. Yay.
With the plate firmly in place, trans tilted up a little from the rear, front wheels off to access all kinds of things including installing mount plates, it was much easier than last time and actually went in.
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