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Another small problem that everyone should be aware of. I'm finally getting around to mocking up the trans and engine together to check for converter/flexplate spacing. I don't want to get under the car and find a problem. I had put the TCI adapter plate on the engine before but never bolted it down completely because I was just checking to make sure they had sent me the correct plate. But this time I'm going to bolt the tranny to the engine so it has to be a complete installation.

I installed the adapter plate and started screwing in the taper headed screws but I couldn't get the plate to completely mate against the engine. I got my brass hammer and tried tapping on it near the engine alignment pins to get it to seat. No matter how hard I hit it, it wouldn't mate against the back face of the engine. I had followed the TCI instruction to the letter. I figured something was wrong so I removed the plate and started looking for the reason the plate wouldn't seat. After looking at the back of the block for a while I noticed that the alignment pins were sticking out pretty far. Then it hit me!!!! The TCI adapter is only 1/4" thick but normally the Mopar 904 tranny has through holes for the alignment pins. I got my scale (graduated ruler) and checked the pins and they were sticking out 3/8 of an inch. Because of the TCI adapter is only a 1/4" plate the pins MUST BE sticking out less than 1/4". I read the instructions again and there was no mention of this possible problem. To make things worse the holes (for the engine pins) in the adapter plate overlap the alignment pin on the backside of the plate (the ones for the tranny) so once the engine pins hit the back side of the adapter tranny pins it won't go any further leaving a gap between the plate and the engine.

I got my large brass mallet and hammered on the pins until they measured less than a 1/4 inch and now I'm ready to install the tranny with torque converter. DON'T KNOCK THE PINS IN TOO FAR BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE FULL DIAMETER ON THE ENDS, YOU NEED FULL DIAMETER IN THE ALIGNMENT HOLES TO GET PROPER ALIGNMENT!!! also noticed that one of the tapered headed screws (furnished) wasn't flush (or below) the plate surface. This is a big deal because it will keep the tranny from completely mating to the engine, there may be some torque converter/engine alignment issues as well. I will have to think about this for a while to determine the best course of action.

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