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Hello folks I'm new to the site and hope to get some help from any experienced folks on here. I purchased a used 2002 Outback Automatic AWD a few months back. It ran well but was leaking oil pretty bad. I thought it appeared to be coming from around the oil filter as there were drops of oil coming off of it. I changed the oil and filter and figured I had hit the nail on the head as the filter that I removed was slightly different from the new one. Later it was noted oil was still leaking and further inspection revealed it appeared to be coming from rear of engine. Reading several blogs I saw that there is an access plate on the rear of the engine that was plastic on some of the vehicles and would deform and leak over time. I also noted antifreeze leaking form the head gasket. Decided to pull engine and check rear of engine for leak and also replace headgaskets. All went well with this though I had some issue getting engine to mate back up to transaxle. Found that torque converter was not lined up and seated into transmission properly. After all was reinstalled cranked car and she fired right up a ran smooth. Ran for a bit to check for any leaks. All ok there. Went to back out of the drive and noted clunking and jerking as I backed up like a wheel was locking up. In pulling the engine I did jack the transmission/transaxle up pretty high with a floor jack while jacking the engine up with my engine hoist to facilitate clearing the motor mount holes. Wondering if I either did some kind of damage to transaxle while trying to mate the engine with the torque converter not fully aligned and seated or if I may have broke one of the sensors supposedly mounted on the transaxle which controls the lock up and such of the transaxle. Any ideas folks?