Transmission Woes
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Transmission Woes
I swapped engines in my 96 F250 (5.8L 351) with the tranny still mounted on the truck: I used the same torque converter, the tranny worked fine before the swap, but when I finished installing the engine and shifted it (engine off still) from neutral to park, without even trying to start it, it immediately lost a quart of tranny fluid from the bell housing, and continues to trickle now. The engine runs great but the transmission won't shift...could I have destroyed to main tranny seal when installing the new engine? Any advice would really be appreciated at this point...thanks...
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From: maryland
sounds like the torque converter didnt get set on the front pump shaft. now you get to pull the trans out and build it up!!! even though you slid it on the input shaft, theres another notch you gotta slide it in.
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So, suppose that, hypothetically, someone installed a new engine with the original torque converter, but failed to put the plug in and immediately lost all of the ATF in the TC....is there a precise amount of ATF that needs to be inside, or will a couple quarts pumped in be sufficient? And also, does anyone know what size bolt the TC uses for a plug? (thread size, especially...)
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Originally Posted by Henryjb
So, suppose that, hypothetically, someone installed a new engine with the original torque converter, but failed to put the plug in and immediately lost all of the ATF in the TC....is there a precise amount of ATF that needs to be inside, or will a couple quarts pumped in be sufficient? And also, does anyone know what size bolt the TC uses for a plug? (thread size, especially...)
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<So, suppose that, hypothetically, someone installed a new engine with the original torque converter, but failed to put ....>
Did you do the job by yourself or did Miller Brewing help you out with the job... Laughing with you, not at you. Oh so many of us have been there and done that. As for me, I usually blame anything that happens to me like that on Jim or Jack.
Did you do the job by yourself or did Miller Brewing help you out with the job... Laughing with you, not at you. Oh so many of us have been there and done that. As for me, I usually blame anything that happens to me like that on Jim or Jack.
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