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Purs · 06-20-2003, 10:10 PM

Somebody help! How much transmission fluid do I put in the converter before I put it on? Are there any tricks to getting it right? Does it bottom out against the tranny or what? Thanks for the help. It's my first time with this if you couldn't tell.

*racedvl* · 06-20-2003, 10:20 PM

If I can rembember correctlly, I put at least a quart in mine, then pushed, and spun clockwise, till it was all the way in.

junkyardjohn · 06-20-2003, 10:32 PM

POUR IN ABOUT 3 OR 4 QUARTS OF TRANNY FLUID. FILL IT RIGHT UP, & DEPENDING HOW EMTY IT IS WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH IT HOLDS. PUT A NEW PUMP SEAL IN THE TRANNY (ABOUT $3). PUT THE TORQUE CONV. ON THE SHAFT, & ROTATE IT AS YOU PUSH GENTLY BUT FIRMLY ON IT. YOU WILL FEEL IT CLICK,& MOVE REARWORD ABOUT 1/4" OR 3/8" THREE TIMES. BOLT UP THE TRANNY TO THE MOTOR. YOU SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 3/8" CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE T/C & THE FLEXPLATE. THE TORQUE CONVERTER SHOULD ROTATE FREELY BEFORE YOU BOLT IT TO THE FLEXPLATE, OR ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT INDEXED IN PROPERLY. IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE, ONCE YOU'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMES. GOOD LUCK JOHN

Gordo · 06-20-2003, 10:37 PM

1 qt does it, and work/spin it back until you can't get your fingers between the TQ and the bellhousing. Sometimes it drops back easy and sometimes it don't.

Purs · 06-20-2003, 10:37 PM

many thanks for all the responses. Thanks to you guys I'm learning.

Longhorn Man · 06-20-2003, 11:05 PM

The 3 tranny shops I deal with at work all say one quart is fine. One even says NEVER put in any more than one...but no one has been able to say why you don't want to do that.

*Piston* · 06-20-2003, 11:47 PM

When we install one it gets 1qt for basic lubrication only. Then pour 4qts in through the dipstick tube, start the engine briefly then add another 3qts. Once you have 8 qts in it, you know it won't run dry while your checking/adding the fluid. DON'T try and pour it all in at once, you'll find most of it coming out the vent hole lol.

Andy I believe most will say 1qt for lubrication reasons, then they would prefer the rest be poured into the pan so the filter will have a chance to remove anything before it hits the pump/valvebody.

06-20-2003, 10:10 PM	#1
Purs Got Big Block? Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,510	installing a torque converter Somebody help! How much transmission fluid do I put in the converter before I put it on? Are there any tricks to getting it right? Does it bottom out against the tranny or what? Thanks for the help. It's my first time with this if you couldn't tell. __________________ "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

06-20-2003, 10:32 PM	#3
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	POUR IN ABOUT 3 OR 4 QUARTS OF TRANNY FLUID. FILL IT RIGHT UP, & DEPENDING HOW EMTY IT IS WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH IT HOLDS. PUT A NEW PUMP SEAL IN THE TRANNY (ABOUT $3). PUT THE TORQUE CONV. ON THE SHAFT, & ROTATE IT AS YOU PUSH GENTLY BUT FIRMLY ON IT. YOU WILL FEEL IT CLICK,& MOVE REARWORD ABOUT 1/4" OR 3/8" THREE TIMES. BOLT UP THE TRANNY TO THE MOTOR. YOU SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 3/8" CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE T/C & THE FLEXPLATE. THE TORQUE CONVERTER SHOULD ROTATE FREELY BEFORE YOU BOLT IT TO THE FLEXPLATE, OR ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT INDEXED IN PROPERLY. IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE, ONCE YOU'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMES. GOOD LUCK JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

06-20-2003, 10:37 PM	#4
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	1 qt does it, and work/spin it back until you can't get your fingers between the TQ and the bellhousing. Sometimes it drops back easy and sometimes it don't. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

06-20-2003, 10:37 PM	#5
Purs Got Big Block? Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,510	many thanks for all the responses. Thanks to you guys I'm learning. __________________ "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

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06-20-2003, 10:20 PM	#2
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	If I can rembember correctlly, I put at least a quart in mine, then pushed, and spun clockwise, till it was all the way in.

06-20-2003, 11:05 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	The 3 tranny shops I deal with at work all say one quart is fine. One even says NEVER put in any more than one...but no one has been able to say why you don't want to do that.

06-20-2003, 11:47 PM	#7
Piston Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 2,300	When we install one it gets 1qt for basic lubrication only. Then pour 4qts in through the dipstick tube, start the engine briefly then add another 3qts. Once you have 8 qts in it, you know it won't run dry while your checking/adding the fluid. DON'T try and pour it all in at once, you'll find most of it coming out the vent hole lol. Andy I believe most will say 1qt for lubrication reasons, then they would prefer the rest be poured into the pan so the filter will have a chance to remove anything before it hits the pump/valvebody.



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