Recent content by jimsandybn

All - I just found a 148T flexplate on ebay and bought it... Thank you to all for your input, expertise and guidance.

Thanks for the info! I did find a reasonable Chinese RG - how do you find the inner plate to go with it? I could weld it, I guess, but I'd have to find a machine shop to balance it...

This is the 15" 148 tooth flexplate - as you can see, it has seen better days...

Here is a pic of it - Looks like its a three piece

I've looked all over and the only 148T that I found was $200 and VERY used and a reference to it that called the 148 very rare... that's why I'm looking for an alternative.

Okay - so now that I am finding out that this thing is more Frankenstein'd than I thought, here is what I came up with and would like some feedback as to whether or not it would work... - I bought an aftermarket starter a couple years ago (Wilson 91-02-5788); I need to check with them to find...

The ring gear is part of the flexplate...welded in place. It's is the 15" with the 148T. As for the holes, they are oblong, I assume it was before I got it... I had tightened the bolts from the FP to the torque conveyer to try and stop the "clanking". It tamed it down it never went away. The...

Sorry, forgot to post...it's a 1959 Edsel Ranger that I have had for a couple years and just got to working on. I have no idea what work has been done in the last 60 years, there is a lot of things cobbled together. the transmission has "1960 ford" scrawled on it....but I don't know if the...

Hi - I'm new to the site, and i am trying to find out if anyone has run into the 148 tooth flexplate issue. Mine broke and I cannot find a direct replacement...there is just none out there. I have a 292 with the Ford-o-matic transmission. Is there another flexplate that would work? I don't...