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Insert torque converter into transmission and hold in place with home made bracket. Move trans into position to engine while aligning the holes in the flexplate to the bolts in the torque converter. Once alignment, secure the transmission to the engine. Then tighten the converter nuts and bolts
Make sure the torque converter is for the same transmission, and all you have to do is turn the converter left and right while pushing it in and it should pop in connectiong the oil pump.
If the transmission is out of the car, the flex plate is bolted to the engine's crankshaft and torqued/locked as necessary. Then you install the transmission, MAKING SURE that the torque converter is fully seated into the front pump, and doesn't move while mounting the transmission. Once the transmission is installed, the flex plate is bolted to the torque converter through the opening between the engine and the transmission designed for this purpose. Rotate the engine as necessary to gain access to each of the bolts holding the torque converter to the flex plate.
If no fluid is coming out of the cooling lines, the pump is not working. The pump is driven by the torque converter. When you bolted the transmission to the engine, did you ensure the torque converter was fully seated, and there was no binding? When you were getting the torque converter aligned with the flex plate, did the torque converter rotate freely? If all this was OK, you have a bad pump.
Did you get the tork converter in correctly, loosen up the converter and slide it into the transmission, should be a 1/4 to 3/4 inch clearance between flex and converter.
If it's a standard trans. take it out of gear
It is hitting the transmission converter "tangs" as they call it. Spin the torque converter a few degrees at a time until it slips in place. do not force it in.
Did you make sure the torque converter was properly seated on the input shaft of the transmission. In oder to do this you need to spin the torque converter and push it into the transmission so as to spline the torque converter into the input shaft of the transmission. Be patient and keep spinning and pushing and it will spline up.
Dear Matt: When you install the torque converter on the transmission, you need to spin the converter carefully by hand while pushing gently inward towards the transmission. As you are rotating the converter, you will feel kind of a "BUMP, BUMP, BUMP" as the converter splines meet up with and slide into place as they enter the torque converter. Once everything is properly seated, the converter should spin smoothly on the transmission without the need of supporting the end of the converter.
When you are installing the transmission, as you get close to mating the bell housing to the back of the engine, you can reach through the area where the starter nose would project into the bell housing and rotate the torque converter. As you are closing the gap between the transmission and the engine block, make sure that the torque converter can spin without any interference at all. Once the bell housing and block are mated flush you should still be able to easily spin the converter with a few fingers..........
You, at that point can align one of the converter bolt holes with the flex plate (flywheel) holes and put a bolt in by hand. DO NOT TIGHTEN ANY BOLTS UNTIL ALL THE BOLTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED! At that point in time you can tighten the bolts.
The fact that you are experiencing the problem you have described, leads me to suspect that you don't have the torque converter fully seated. DO NOT FORCE ANYTHING! The converter, providing you did not try to bring the bell housing up flush in spite of the converter not moving, should be ok.
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Not 100% sure on that one but very common in past that torque converter would move out from transmission slightly, and cause similar problem. used to have to rotate torque converter, while pushing in toward transmission, and suddenly when in the right place, would pop inward another inch or so. Had to remember to do that all the time. Sometimes you could rotate that torque converter 20-30 times before you'd get the "pop" and it would move in to place. Can you spin torque converter easily,while against engine? If not, that may be your problem. If so, back off bolts until you can carefully, and try that, you may find things come together easier after if that is the problem.
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