You can reach the nuts (8) on the earlier Torqueflite converter, by removing
tha access plate & reaching up with a wrench from underneath, but it IS a
big pain. There is not much room to swing the wrench.
By the way, does anybody have an old pre-62 Torqueflite hanging around that
I can rob the inspection plates (2) off? When I bought my Torqueflite for my
Fury, no access plates were supplied.
Thanks in advance.
Glenn Barratt,
57 Fury,
Auckland, New Zealand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Pristelski" <ajp002@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Torque converters and flex plates
> Hi Garrett,
>
> The 1962 and later Mopars with the aluminum 727 tranny use a flex plate
that
> is bolted to the crankshaft with four outer arms that bolt to the torque
> converter. The arms are not evenly spaced. Thus, when you go to
reinstall
> the tranny including the converter to the engine and flex plate, it will
> only reattach in one of the four possible positions! It is no fun trying
> all the alternative positions before you find the correct one. I strongly
> suggest marking one of the positions of the flex plate to converter before
> pulling apart, as by scribing or using a dab of paint on one of the
> positions so that you can reassemble it right on the first try.
>
> Pull the starter. That will give you access to the ring gear so that you
> can use a large screwdriver or pry tool to manually move the converter and
> flex plate to the next bolt position. You can also prevent the engine
from
> turning over while you break each bolt loose by holding the pry tool
> simultaneously in the ring gear and against one side of the hole for the
> starter. As you separate the engine and tranny be careful as the torque
> converter can easily slide out of the tranny if the tranny is tipped in
the
> wrong direction. The converter is not light and the ring gear teeth
around
> it tend to have sharp edges.
>
> Mopars earlier than 1962 with the cast iron torqueflight tranny have the
> torque converter bolted directly to the end of the crankshaft without any
> flex plate. I don't think that you can reach the attaching bolts without
> first simply pulling the engine and tranny apart. Best regards, Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
> [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Garrett
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:51 PM
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] Torque converters and flex plates
>
>
> Well, it seems I now have another question for the list (that's two valid
> questions from me in a weeks time...that has to be a record...me actually
> asking two serious questions in a row that is...).
>
> The question is this, is there any special trick to removing the torque
> converter from the flex plate?
> My dad is busy unbuilding his "new" 318, and came to a halt when unable to
> remove the torque converter. Are there any special tricks? Is this
really
> easy?
> If my dad is anything like me, and he is, the second after he asked me to
> ask the "list," he got the thing off...but just in case he didn't, any
help
> will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Garrett in Central Ohio...the home of THE Ohio State Loseiversity
>
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