Hey guys, I just got done putting a motor into my 99 1500 from a 94 2500 donor. Both engines are 360's, I had switched all sensors and such. I had realized that the flexplate was not going to work from the 94. I had to take the engine back out and swap flexplates. Now that I think about it knowing the 360's are externally balanced, does the flexplate have to installed a certain way corresponding to the crank or the converter? I did not pay attention to the way I took it off the old motor nor did I mark the orientation of the flexplate to the converter before unbolting the two before taking the old engine out.

 

Doesn't matter when it bolts to the crank there is an offset hole. So if you got all the bolts in the crank you are right there. Bolting to the converter does not matter

 

I didn't even realize that there was an offset hole for it I put tit up to the crank and started putting bolts in no problem.... I gotta stop blindly working and take my time before I ruin something. Thank you sir, was thinking I'd have to separate the two again.

 

The flax plate only goes on one way. I trust you used thread locker on the bolts so you don't have to go in there again.

 

Indeed I did, on both flexplate to crank bolts and flexplate to converter bolts in generous amounts. Yes, indeed I do not wanna go in there again.

 

That's one of those lessons you learn really well. You can use blue locker but on the flex plate I often use red. Just NEVER use red on aluminum threads. It'll pull the threads out.

 

Aren't those 5.9/360 flexplates the same between '94 - '01?

 

I think around 1996 or '97 there was a design change. I'm sure someone else here, possibly HeyYou, will know the exact change over.

 

Weights moved from torque converter to flexplate in 96.

 

There it is