Quite simply, I ran out of time. Getting out in the garage to work on her has been getting harder and harder to do, and there is this vibration around 1500 rpm’s that I believe has something to do with either the torque converter, or the drive (flex) plate. Those [...]

As stated earlier, I finally managed to get the engine back in Vandejo.  But, there seems to be an issue.  The torque converter has play in it, from front to back, even after tightening it up to flex plate.  The new bolts I got

Spent a little more time today with Vandejo. She’s not running yet, but the engine is at least back in the engine bay now and off the ground. My atv jack is up at a friends place right now so I’ve been using a regular floor jack. Balancing the engine [...]