Cracked Flex Plate

Hmm. Are you saying the later transmissions (after 1969) did not use a bushing to hold the converter snout centered? If that is the case, then only the flex plate holds the converter centered, which may be the case, I just don't know.

I'm sure this is not the original transmission, because when I had the converter rebuilt the shop said it was a later style. I suspect it is a later model, like 1970s. I would think that they all used bushings to hold the snout centered, but maybe not.