transmission

just finished rebuilding the 3 litre engine in my 93 ranger and had marked a torque converter bolt and marked the flex flate for ease of installation but obvously not good enough as they came off. my question is are the bolts on the torue converter offset so that it only goes on one way and if so is there a position that each go in aand if so what is it or is it a matter of pulling the engine back and measuring everything to see where it goes. the engine is now sitting in but the holes don,t line up for the torque converter.. any help is appreciated... thanks sam

I'm guessing, but I don't believe there would be any special match-up between the fly wheel flex-plate and the torque converter.

I'm guessing, but I don't believe there would be any special match-up between the fly wheel flex-plate and the torque converter.

I've never worried about it, let alone marked it. Look for anything obvious that might indicate that it needs to be offset, they wouldn't just do that with out some kind of mark to put it all back. But the 3.0L is very different for anything I've worked on, I am not a big fan of that motor, but it does seem to be somewhat dependable. It doesn't seem that should matter, once the trans is lined up with the motor, I can't see why it would be offset. The only time it would make a difference is on a manual when you're using a clutch alignment tool. The only thing I can think of, is that the torque converter is not properly seated. On most fords I've worked on, I've had to click the torque converter into the transmission 3 times by pushing it back and moving from side to side, or slightly rotating it back and forth in other words. If the torque converter was taken out, or slipped forward, you will need to do this or there may be some damage done to the transmission pump.

Pete

you guys were right about there being no offset. the main problem was no room ,and the motor not being square to the tranny but it is now sitting in . they are a reral little pig as you can,t see a hell of a lot and as to why ford does,t use the chevy style of attaching the converter to the flex plate is beyond me, thanks very much for your input sam

I usually make up a set of guide pins out of four, or so, old bolts. Just grind off the heads, taper the ends, and add a slot for screwdrivers. This helps me a lot when joiniing up the engine to the tranny.