Q: I believe my motor has been moved while installing rebuilt tranny

asked by on November 20, 2016

While putting in my rebuilt tranny the bolts that go up from the bottom of the cross member into the adaptor between the trannt and transfer case doesn't line up. What do I do

My car has 223000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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