360 instal, going on 3 days, need help

ughhhh......hopefully everything works out fine.....drawing them together with the bolts is iffy.

if everything lined up and it was just being stubborn than cool......but if it forced things into whatever position and things are bound up ...you could be looking at some trouble.

could it be that the pilot bearing was not installed into the snout all the way and the shaft on the trans was resting on the edge of it? (causing the trans and block to not mate together smoothly)....and by drawing it in with the bolts it shoved the pilot bearing deeper into the snout.

I doubt thats the case....and I hope for your sake everything merged together as it should......but just keep that in the back of your mind if you hear any funny noises on start up or something.

anyhow, glad to hear you got it figured out! get to work on it and keep us all posted on the progress and when you get it running.