converter bolts
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From: Hilliard, Ohio, USA
converter bolts
I recently had a little problem with my converter. I somehow lost all 3 bolts out of the converter. I was driving down the road and then all of a sudden the tranny was whinning loud and I wan't going anywhere. After I bought some new bolts, I noticed that one of the bolts stripped out the threads in the converter. I was tricked into buying a B&M TorkMaster converter (DON'T BUY ONE, THEY SUCK HARDCORE). Anyways, I was wondering if I could run on only 2 bolts? Would it damage the oil pump? I really don't want to drop the tranny. It's a built-up 350 backed up by a THM-350. This is all in my truck (77, 1/2 ton), so the tranny has the extra clutch packs and the motor is a nice 4-bolt. Thanks.
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Joined: Nov 1999
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From: NE
Car: 82 camaro SC
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
Running just two, you risk shearing them off. Instead of the bolts holding 33 percent of the torque applied, they must hold 50 percent.
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350 with stealth intake, holley carb, 470 lift cam. 700r4 with .5 boost valve, vette servo, tci lock-up kit, B&M megashifter. Richmond 3.73 gears, powertrax locker, timkin bearings, synthetic lube. Custom 3 inch single into 2 2.5 pipes. 1 1/2 drop springs, 1 5/16 solid front sway bar, 1 inch rear bar, custom subframe connectors, custom LCA relocation brackets. Kobel ground FX, current red metallic paint. Lots of other stuff...
82camaro
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350 with stealth intake, holley carb, 470 lift cam. 700r4 with .5 boost valve, vette servo, tci lock-up kit, B&M megashifter. Richmond 3.73 gears, powertrax locker, timkin bearings, synthetic lube. Custom 3 inch single into 2 2.5 pipes. 1 1/2 drop springs, 1 5/16 solid front sway bar, 1 inch rear bar, custom subframe connectors, custom LCA relocation brackets. Kobel ground FX, current red metallic paint. Lots of other stuff...
82camaro
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Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Loveland, OH, US
Car: 4
Engine: 6
Transmission: 5
It's your life. Once something like that (serious personal injury) is done, it can't be undone. I wouldn't drive a car like that. My life and limb is valuable enough to me that it's worth an afternoon's work to avoid endangering myself. That's just MHO, others may feel differently.
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Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 2,860
Likes: 3
From: NE
Car: 82 camaro SC
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
I doubt you went very far at all with one bolt.
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350 with stealth intake, holley carb, 470 lift cam. 700r4 with .5 boost valve, vette servo, tci lock-up kit, B&M megashifter. Richmond 3.73 gears, powertrax locker, timkin bearings, synthetic lube. Custom 3 inch single into 2 2.5 pipes. 1 1/2 drop springs, 1 5/16 solid front sway bar, 1 inch rear bar, custom subframe connectors, custom LCA relocation brackets. Kobel ground FX, current red metallic paint. Lots of other stuff...
82camaro
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350 with stealth intake, holley carb, 470 lift cam. 700r4 with .5 boost valve, vette servo, tci lock-up kit, B&M megashifter. Richmond 3.73 gears, powertrax locker, timkin bearings, synthetic lube. Custom 3 inch single into 2 2.5 pipes. 1 1/2 drop springs, 1 5/16 solid front sway bar, 1 inch rear bar, custom subframe connectors, custom LCA relocation brackets. Kobel ground FX, current red metallic paint. Lots of other stuff...
82camaro
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