Thanks. The tail housing makes more sense. I don't know what made be say torque converter. That made no sense at all.

Should I even knock the centering sleeve out of the propeller shaft or just grease the end I can get to? Also, looking at the diagram in the manual, the centering sleeve would appear to block the flex disc from slipping out unless the drive shaft is pushed back or removed. Is there enough play to move the drive shaft back to get the front flex disc out?

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1993 400E, 256,000 miles (totaled)
1994 E420, 200,000+ miles
1995 E420, 201,000 miles