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GOPAPA · 11-03-2010, 06:25 PM

I am down to the end of getting the motor ready to crank it over ,,

After getting the tranny rebuilt I was told to be sure and put fluid in it before I cranked the engine up in my 72 ..Ok,,I remembered..

Doesn't it hold 10 quarts (it's a 350th) so I put in 8 and it ran some out of the over flow .. maybe a half to a full pint.

Do you suppose I should go ahead and run the motor and then check the tranny and then fill it on up?

Hubscrub · 11-03-2010, 06:29 PM

is the converter empty maybe it will fill it and make room for the other once it's been run? i'm just assumeing that it has to run to get fluid into the converter ( i may be wayyy off so feel free to correct me i haven't had to work on trans much)

lowrollin70gmc · 11-03-2010, 07:43 PM

If the trans and converter are empty, you won't be able to put all of it in, fire it up as is to break in the motor and then top off the tranny before you put it in gear, then drive the wheels off!

11-03-2010, 06:25 PM	#1
GOPAPA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nampa Idaho Posts: 7,553	Just one thing to address and then it's Green Flag Day I am down to the end of getting the motor ready to crank it over ,, After getting the tranny rebuilt I was told to be sure and put fluid in it before I cranked the engine up in my 72 ..Ok,,I remembered.. Doesn't it hold 10 quarts (it's a 350th) so I put in 8 and it ran some out of the over flow .. maybe a half to a full pint. Do you suppose I should go ahead and run the motor and then check the tranny and then fill it on up? __________________ When you learn a thing a day you store up smart.

11-03-2010, 06:29 PM	#2
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Just one thing to address and then it's Green Flag Day is the converter empty maybe it will fill it and make room for the other once it's been run? i'm just assumeing that it has to run to get fluid into the converter ( i may be wayyy off so feel free to correct me i haven't had to work on trans much) __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14 Last edited by Hubscrub; 11-03-2010 at 06:31 PM.

11-03-2010, 07:43 PM	#3
lowrollin70gmc Too many projects Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND land of the flat hills Posts: 1,147	Re: Just one thing to address and then it's Green Flag Day If the trans and converter are empty, you won't be able to put all of it in, fire it up as is to break in the motor and then top off the tranny before you put it in gear, then drive the wheels off! __________________ Andrew 84 GMC C1500 SWB 6.2 Diesel/700R4/3.42 "Grandpa's odd duck" 70 GMC C1500 LWB My first truck: shaved, bagged, and more: the lowrollin70gmc 68 K20 Suburban 12V Cummins/NV5600/NP205/D60/11.5AAM 3.73s "Dakota Cadillac" 63 Chevy II Nova Coupe 250 I6/T56/4.56s "Economy car" 53 Willys Wagon 350/NV4500/BW4401/HP D44/9inch “Winter Wagon” 30 Model A 16 Focus ST

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