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Ok,
now I'm really confused. I seem to hear that I can either unbolt the
flywheel/torque converter unit from the crank while the trans and the engine are
still together...or I can just pull the trans away from the engine as is and
leave the flywheel/torque converter bolted to the crank. Is this
correct??
James
The early cast iron torqueflites
were a pain to remove and replace because the flywheel and the converter are
the same part. You had to reattach the converter first so you could accurately
measure the run out, with a dial indicator, that was hard to do if you had the
trans in the way. Reassembling the trans to back of the engine
(correctly) , with the converter already mounted, certainly separated the real
mechanics from the wanabees in those days.
Mike
At 12:02 AM
11/16/2003 -0500, Zach Collie wrote:
IMHO---that's the
HARD way to do it. I unbolt the converter from the flywheel, and leave it
with the tranny on these old cast iron torque flites, as well as any other
automatic equipped car I work on. I can imagine that it would be exceedingly
difficult to engage the drive lugs on the torque converter with it attached
to the engine--(during reassembly)--it's tricky enough as it is with just
the torque converter. Not to mention, you might booger up the torque
converter/transmission pump drive lugs with it attached to the engine,
whilst going back together. Removing it as described by Mike would be
somewhat acceptable, although you could stand a chance of converter or front
pump damage doing it that way (I've seen it happen!) although I wouldn't
recommend reinstallation in that fashion. Just my two cents. ---Zach, your
friendly neighborhood (professional) mechanic.
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