I am having a local shop rebuild my tranny since I lost 3rd gear.. They bought a master rebuild kit & he is doing the rebuild for $850.00 on my 700r4..

My concern is that he never mentioned that he was going to replace my torque converter. I have read in previous posts that using the old TC could cause damage to the tranny after the rebuild. Is this true?

Any replies tonight would be apprecaited, since he is putting the tranny back together in the morning.. If I need to get a new TC that is what I'll do, but if I absolutely don't need a new one I could save the money..

Thanks

 

Need some help ASAP.. Tranny is getting put back in the car today..

Thanks Alot..

 

I would think that if they flushed any debris particles out of it that it would be ok.

 

If you have a lot of miles on the unit I would not take a chance on this.

 

Also, you can't determine the condition of the L/U material. It isn't uncommon to be glazed at best. If a qualified person has driven the car and given the L/U performance the OK then it is a matter of the condition of the pan/oil, plus the neck of the converter and it's endplay. I prefer to replace the converter with a quality one but if it is a budget job like this then these things have to be considered.

 

There is a shop around here that cuts converters open and rebuilds them, they did mine as I watched, maybe he did yours like this too. Flushing may be acceptable for a non lock up converter since there are no wearing parts like the clutch in a lock up. I would make sure something was done to it. They painted mine and put a sticker on it telling what the new clutch specs were. Look for a new sticker on yours and most of all ask the shop what they did.