Converter to flex plate issues

dartman340ta said

i dont want to sound like a dick but by the time you have done all this measuring an drawing on the computer.the tranny could have been on the bench. then you could have seen your problem first hand.... match the correct flex plate, mark it with some paint. so you dont have to fumble around with finding the right hole that match's alignment and put it back in .

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Not sure if you noticed the age of the thread or not....

But for one....the night I found I had the wrong flex plate it was to late to do any work so I took that spare time to make the diagrams (so it wasnt cutting into my work time) ....reason two was....I had to do alot of calling around before I found a place that had what flex plate I needed, reason 3 is I had some family issues come up that put working on the duster on hold , reason 4 is I am a full time parent and still have to work.

so its not that I was just blowing away my time when I could have been doing something productive .....once I had the time to do the work and had the part I needed on hand, the tranny came out in about 10 minutes, I pulled the old plate and torqued the new one down, raised the trans back into place and bolted down the converter.....it was about a 30 minute job give or take.

not to mention we had been having bad weather hear when all this was going on AND working in my garage is a task in itself... 14x20 garage with air compressor,bench and tool box and shelves taking up a good 3 feet on one side of the garage....its a bit tight to say the least LOL.

thanks for the input I just wanted to clear up that it wasnt a matter of being lazy or not know what i was doing it was I was just trying to make something of the down time.