Torquing the Flex Plate

Damn. A bachelor's degree in Applied Physics, a Masters in International Affairs...and I can still be really stupid.
You were smart enough to buy an old Mopar and search for info here. No web when I first started working on a Dart, and I did some dumF things then. My old Mopars are much easier to work on than my 80's M-B diesels, and parts are much more available and cheap. Ex. one M-B guy tackled a tranny rebuild and found a band costs $200. New pistons are $550 each, .... Life would be even easier if we had old an Chevy or VW Bug, but Mopar is still easy.