Hey guys,

Some of you might remeber I had problems with my tranny not engaging a week or so ago. Since then I had very little time to work on the car. Tomorrow I should hav e a solid 5-6 hrs though so heres my question.

What is the correct method for installing a TC onto a 700R4. Is there any special procedure or do you just spin and push until it goes all the way in?

One of you tried to tell me to line up some metal prongs on the pump-housing and the TC but I don't have anyhting like that on either one of my tranies (86 and 88)

I would really like a good answer by tomorrow morning. Thanks for the help,

-Max

 

THere are two drive tangs on the rotor that you will see when you look into the pump. Line those up with the notches in the converter neck then as you said, spin and deop until you can't get your fingers in at the bottom (with a 12" converter).

Now here is the key: Tighten the bellhousing bolts while you continually check to see if the converter spins free. If it binds, stop. Once the case is tight then you can do the converter bolts. Use a drop of Lock Tite on the threads and here is another key: Pull the converter forward from the tranny @1/8", then make up the difference with equal size flat washers between the flywheel and the converter. This keeps the rotor fully engaged into the converer which helps to keep the pump alive longer.