When your puting the tq converter back on the imput shaft, how can you tell if its fully on, i seen zmydust.com and all else but i thought it was on but when i bolted it back up to the block the converter woulndt spin anymore, i thought it was on because i couldnt reach around the side but the bottom it looks like it has about 1/2 gap when your looking where the inspection plate is at?

 

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If it's bolted to the flywheel again then it will not spin freely anymore.

 

its not bolted thoughs the deal, im taking it all back down again i called a transimissin shop and autozone they both told me its just not on all the way, but i dont have any idea of how that is, like i said at the bottom where you can see everything ive got a 1/2 gap or so from the converter to the transmission? i hope this works im pulling it off and reinstalling it again?

 

how big is the damn gap at the bottom of it?

 

Ttt

 

The converter should audibly engage three clicks. When it's fully seated if you put a yardstick across the front of the bellhousing the converter should be recessed about 1/4". When the tranny is bolted up the converter should be about 1/8" away from the flexplate.

 

for some reason every time it always hits the flywheel, im think to bolt thing all up and bolt to the flywheel and go ? dont have much other choices right now, im sure its all on there it just manages to get stuck on the fly wheel when it comes togehter?

 

everytime we did it. the converter was always about 1/4 recessed, so is it fine to bolt up

 

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well we bolted it all up, and when i was trying to spin the tq converter it finally went all the way in, with no gaps!!! but i dont know about this, my friend and neighbor says its supposed to, when you bolt it to the fly wheel the fly pulls the tq converter forwards from its last little grove or something, but im going to load in the oil and see how the 3k stall go's.

 

Yup, sometimes that last click is hard as hell. Then when you bolt the tranny up you move the converter a tad bit forward to bolt it to the flywheel.

 

what causes smoke from the tranny dipstick tube? cant be good for the first start up

 

man we took the car out, it ran like ****, like we could feel the converter bouncing or something, it was stumbling i guess slipping, mashed it, didnt feel any better felt worse than my stock converter, it would hit rev limiters and not ****, im gonna check out a shop tomorrow and have them look at it, what could be the damn problem, this isnt cool at at all

 

make sure to check your fluid level, if it is over full, then it will have the symptoms you describe.