Torque Converter Installation

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Apr 10, 2009 | 10:02 AM

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Torque Converter Installation

I finally have the truck painted the engine rebuilt and I am getting ready to put the 390 and C6 back in the truck. I am intending to mate the engine and transmission, and then install as one unit unless I you all think that is a bad idea. While rebuilding the engine I used a book by Steve Christ “How to Rebuild Big Block Ford Engines” (after I had already torn down the engine). The book says I should have marked a stud on the torque converter in relation to the flywheel; I didn’t do that of course. So is there a procedure to reinstalling the torque converter? Is it a balance thing? Am I just screwed? Any help would be great.
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Apr 10, 2009 | 10:14 AM

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I guess Torque Converter and Flywheel in the same sentence sounds pretty dumb. I meant Flexplate.

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Apr 10, 2009 | 11:50 AM

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There is a drain plug on the converter that needs to lineup with a corresponding hole in the flex plate (it's is not a flywheel). That's why you need to mark the converter bolt.

Apr 15, 2009 | 05:28 AM

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The nuts do not need a lot of torque, and you should make sure that they are the original or equivalent as I think they are self-locking with a plastic bit embedded internally in the threads. When I last did this stuff, I would make sure the orientation of the TC and flex plate were on a common clock point, such as the 6pm position, as it is not much fun to try to manipulate the TC forward and line up the stud/hole at the same time. A lot easier to put it in already clocked.
tom