Getting ready to put a c6 transmission in. The torque converter clicked down twice and I spent about half an hour trying to see if I could get it to go down any further. It is a little over an inch from the base of the converter to flexplate studs to the edge of housing. I measured from the back of block to edge of flexplate, bolt holes sit down maybe 1/16" from teeth edge. I am coming up with 1/8" to 1/4" of the studs not clearing the flexplate. Everyone says you should be able to move a converter free of flexplate when tranny and motor are together. Anybody have suggestions?

 

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On this site it sounds like the studs shouldn't be free of flexplate as it says to leave a gap between tranny and block to align. Is this correct?