Despite hurricane Frances, While others were fleeing for cover I was putting my 408 windsor motor into my suzuki samurai frame last weekend. I then put in the 9.5" converter making sure to spin it and feel it go in several steps. The body of car was not on the frame, so I simply lifted the transmission and directly put it onto the motor. It aligned perfectly and flat, I didnt force or push it, it just bolted up perfectly. I then went to turn the converter to match up the flywheel holes and it wouldnt turn. Using studs to mount my transmission to the motor, I took off the nuts and backed off the transmission about .050" (hair line crack) , the converter freed up. I then bolted the transmission up and watched the flywheel, it doesnt really seem to be binding, but was wondering if this is because im not using the spacer inspection plate. I havent used those plates in the past and never had a problem.
Ben
Ben