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Dropped engine in this afternoon after a comically long gasket replacement effort. I know the torque converter can be tricky to dial in. And, prior to lowering engine into the bay, I was pretty dang confident the TC was as far into the bellhousing as possible.
Engine goes in, manage to get the 4 posts on TC and input shaft all linedup, engine is on its mounts.. and there’s about 3/16” gap between bellhousing and block. I’ve read and heard caution about using bellhousing bolts to pull this together, but I did assume the gap in an instance where tc wasn’t seated properly would be more like 3/4”-1”.
am I overreacting? Or should I lift the engine back out and get tc in there deeper? Pic for reference.
Engine goes in, manage to get the 4 posts on TC and input shaft all linedup, engine is on its mounts.. and there’s about 3/16” gap between bellhousing and block. I’ve read and heard caution about using bellhousing bolts to pull this together, but I did assume the gap in an instance where tc wasn’t seated properly would be more like 3/4”-1”.
am I overreacting? Or should I lift the engine back out and get tc in there deeper? Pic for reference.