Here is part of the answer. On the outside lip of the flex plate (proper name) for automatic "flywheel", there is a tone ring with holes punched in it. The holes are consistent all the way around except for where there are two holes that are really close together (or a big hole). When you install the flex plate, those two close holes should roughly line up with where the starter bolts to the block. Since our 92 245 / 90 donor flex plate did NOT have an arrow on it, the presumption is that the arrow points straight up with the engine at TDC.

Once again, the critical point is NOT the arrow, but rather those two really close holes in the outer tone ring that more or less line up with the starter hole.

jorrell
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92 245 278K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!