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Re: What Happened??
[Re: moparphilll]
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12/11/16 01:01 AM
12/11/16 01:01 AM
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Sometimes stock flexplates just give up. I made one look like that in a 340 Swinger once.
Bolts might have loosened up or some such thing.
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Re: What Happened??
[Re: moparphilll]
#2211667
12/11/16 01:27 AM
12/11/16 01:27 AM
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Are the locator dowl pins in the bell housing. Misalignment can cause a flex plate to fail
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Re: What Happened??
[Re: mopargem]
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12/11/16 02:34 AM
12/11/16 02:34 AM
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Are the locator dowl pins in the bell housing. Misalignment can cause a flex plate to fail That's my thought too.
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Re: What Happened??
[Re: 6bblgt]
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12/11/16 04:30 AM
12/11/16 04:30 AM
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more than a few too many neutral slams Agreed, I broke one like this in my plow truck in 1979 blizzard.
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Re: What Happened??
[Re: moparphilll]
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12/11/16 09:54 AM
12/11/16 09:54 AM
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Niles , Ohio
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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I had a Ford come into the shop years ago.Changed oil went to start and nothing after a large clunk.The flex plate just broke.Didnt look that bad but it snapped off completley.New plate and all was well.Oh yeah the motor and trans had never been apart.Rocky
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Re: What Happened??
[Re: moparphilll]
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12/11/16 11:57 AM
12/11/16 11:57 AM
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Dilemma: do I just get another flex plate and bolt back togather or send in tranny? OR rip down motor? have pan off all rotates good. Not the #'s motor for the car so could switch out
154800 is car vin
Last edited by moparphilll; 12/11/16 11:58 AM.
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With the amount of leaking fluids I would give good odds that the bolts came loose. 
