Tshark299
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Admittedly working with automatics is completely foreign territory for me; all my projects have always been manuals. I was helping my brother pull the engine out of his automatic project and, not knowing any better, left the torque converter attached to the engine like I would a clutch.
Now I'm reading that we should have left the converter on the transmission, and that we may have damaged the transmission's input seal and/or pump and or ?. How likely is it that we did this, and is ther any way to tell before bolting everything back together?
If it's likely we did real damage, should we pull the tranny and take it to a shop or are there "just in case" repairs we can do ourselves for peace of mind?
Google says everything from "yeah I've always done it this way without any problem" to "your transmission is definitely damaged" so looking to get some opinions here. It's a 302/C4 combo in case it makes any difference.
Thanks!
Now I'm reading that we should have left the converter on the transmission, and that we may have damaged the transmission's input seal and/or pump and or ?. How likely is it that we did this, and is ther any way to tell before bolting everything back together?
If it's likely we did real damage, should we pull the tranny and take it to a shop or are there "just in case" repairs we can do ourselves for peace of mind?
Google says everything from "yeah I've always done it this way without any problem" to "your transmission is definitely damaged" so looking to get some opinions here. It's a 302/C4 combo in case it makes any difference.
Thanks!