Hi,

Brand new here so go easy on me! :-)

I have a 51 Ford PU with a flathead V8 and a C4 transmission. I had it rebuilt by a guy but I decided to take on the job of pulling the engine out and putting it back in. I am running into an issue when reinstalling the engine that I am hoping someone can offer some advice.

When I pulled it out I left the C4 mounted to the chassis and I am just reversing the process. Before swinging the engine back in I have reseated the torque converter in the C4 so I think I am good there. The issue is that when I bring the engine back together with the C4 I am having a hard time getting the torque converter studs to find the holes on the fly wheel. I have been trying to turn the engine over(manually by the fan) to get the studs / holes to line up but the moment I bring the flywheel up to the torque converter it seems to be applying enough friction that both spin when I try to turn over the engine over.

Does anyone have some trick to make this happen? Or is this just a brute force, trial and error process until you can mess them up?

I have thought about pulling the C4 right out, mounting it to the engine and then swinging the whole thing in but that seems like a bunch of extra work and I don't know if I could swing/lower both pieces together into the truck. There doesn't seem like enough room to maneuver that one.

Tips? Tricks?

Thanks

Mark

 

It sounds like you still don't quite have the tc all the way back into the trans. Hold up slightly on the tc snub, and spin it while pushing it in. Sometimes it takes several attempts to get it to go back just a little more.