Ordered a NOS mopar flex plate for my CJ 360/727 combo after the one I got with the motor ate the starter because the ring gear is close to the engine block and the starter can't disingage. Last night I put the new flex on. It seems that it can only go on one way so I am fairly confident that I have it on there the right way. Installed the tranny and bolted up the convertor. The converter mounting pads were about 1/4" away from the flex. Inserted a washer as per the manual to take up some of the slack. My problem is that the ring gear is still close to the block and the starter still can't disingage unless I shim it out from the engine plate with 4 washers. I know I can't leave it like this put it starts, runs and the tranny seems to be working just fine. Anyone ever heard of anything like this? Any ideas? Is the starter for an automatic the same as the starter for a stick?