[shelby2]

thanks for all your help to those who replied. i would have posted sooner, but i just go my internet back (modem). it did turn out to be the torque converter was not seated properly. It bent my new flywheel and nearly ruined my high-stall converter. I pulled the engine and re-aligned everything with the new flywheel and its looking good. hopefully i'll have it going by the end of the week. thanks again, shawn.