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I wasn't sure if it should only spin freely one direction or
what, but I found that even with the engine bolted on the converter
spins freely and in both directions.
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!!?!?!

Huh?

Could you clarify that, please? Do you mean to say after the bellhousing is
bolted up but before the TC is bolted to the flex plate?

Txs,
Robert