904 won't turn?

Yeah man you can't do it that way. There's 3 things that need to be aligned (the input shaft, the stator, and the pump gears) so the only way to do it is put the torque converter in the trans. and seat it in all the way and then install it onto the engine. That outer shaft on the trans. doesn't spin. Just the inner. And the pump gears inside the pump.