You should probably ask in ford tech not Jeep.
BUT, you need to make sure you have movement in the converter. meaning pry the converter back from the flexplate and back towards it, it should have some movement. If not than its not installed correctly.
Lastly, as long as the flexplate hole is the same size as the studs its ok, if the hole is larger, its wrong.
YES you need nuts on the converter.

 

is there a simple method for prying the TC away from the flexplate? working within that tight space is hard.

 

any way you can get in there. even with a screwdriver. It wont take much, just to ensure that the flexplate is not jammed up against the converter

 

so there should be barely any room between the TC and the flexplate, yet you still have to have the studs through the flexplate and nuts on the back of them right??? Sorry for so many questions...lol, just want to make sure i dont mess up my tranny lol.. trying to make this dummy proof for myself.

 

the converter has to be bolted to the flexplate. But you need to make sure the converter is in the trans all the way. You should be able to pry the converter back from the flexplate, with out it bolted to it. If you cant, than its not in all the way

 

so i went out and fiddled with it for a moment. I can barely move the TC back, but not enough to move the studs out of the Flexplate. It moves about an 1/8th of an inch back and forth....is that what your talking about?? Here are some pictures so you can see what im talking about.

What im going to do is crack the 2 apart again, make 100% sure the TC is seated all the way, then make sure i have the correct flexplate for the C6, and then ill mount them back up again. Going to be a PITA but i would rather do it this way and not worry then break the pump.

Thanks for working with me ct67 72!

 

no problem.
That sounds about right, and you are in the correct holes. Dont worry about pulling it down again.

 

You should be able to push the converter away from the flexplate 3/16" it you can not push the converter away from the flex plate the converter is not seated all the way. If you can push it alot further you have to shim it.

 

i know the holes are matted up correctly, but just worried that its either not seated correctly, or i have the incorrect flex plate - i read somewhere that they have different dish depths etc...
im going to pull it apart this weekend, check to make sure i have the correct flex plate, then back on it goes.

 

so i pulled it apart, reapplied the TC to make sure it was seated. The problem i am having now is one of the studs on the TC. The first few threads are causing the nut to not want to screw on. Right now i have 3 of the 4 nuts screwed onto the TC and Flexplate....will that be enough?

 

Get a die and clean the threads up on the stud. Should be easy to fix. Looks like you have enough room to chase the threads