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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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Put in my new built trans, torqued everything down, added some fluid and it won't take fluid or move the truck. Any ideas? I have a 2001 f250 4x4 automatic trans. It had a higher stall converter and suncoast internals. I'm stumped any help would be awesome.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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How much fluid did it take initially? Did you cycle through each gear to purge air out of the transmission? When replacing a transmission, you really need to make sure it is "burped". Also did you add fluid to the converter before installing?
 
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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I ran through all gears with around 16 quarts in. Started to come out of the breather hose on top of the trans so I figured somthing was wrong. It has a bigger cooler so I figured it holds 19ish quarts. I was not told to fill the converter beforehand shouldn't it fill pretty quickly?
 
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Stupid question but there is a filter in there right?
 
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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I hope they put it in
 
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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Reason I ask is because the filter goes directly into the pump and if it's not in there the pump doesn't get any fluid.
 
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