Engine and Transmission Install

My advisers arrived yesterday to help me install the engine and transmission.
Van Aldershof, Bob Ertzinger and Jim Luther came with smiling faces and tools in hand to direct the installation. We started with a small calamity when we saw there was no dowel pin in the rear crankshaft to align the flexplate. With a little scurrying around and some phone calls we found out from Tony Cetta that the dowel was for flywheels (when a clutch is used) and wasn't necessary for the flexplate. The flexplate went on nicely and then on to the torque converter. After putting some fluid in the converter it took three of us to finally get it seated on the transmission shaft. We found it wasn't seated the first time as we were putting the engine and tranny together and had to take it back apart. It finally fell in place with the familiar clunk and all went together nicely. When you have 4 people doing this job it goes a lot smoother. After it was set in the frame, Jim installed and torqued the flywheel to converter bolts. None of us were sure what the torque specs on these bolts were so they were torqued at 35 pounds. Jim later called me and said we should check this torque spec to make sure we were right. I found out it should be about 65 pounds according to the bolt maker ARP. Jim advised me to take them back out and reapply some loctite and retorque them to 65 pounds..
We then set in the driveline to make sure it was the correct length. Perfect. We checked the rear pinion angle on the rearend housing and it was very very close. Now I can weld the spring perches on the rearend housing.
All in all, it was a great day. It sure is nice to have knowledgeable friends
Thanks Van, Bob and Jim.