Tune, resistors and tcc

[Stoney]

Hold on a minute husker I watched a couple different ones while I was in town... don't have good enough signal at the house to watch YouTube..I'll look and see if that's the one I watched

 

[Stoney]

Awesome I appreciate it husker....btw I really appreciate all the help y'all have been giving me...I'm seriously over my head on this but making strides cause of all of y'all.

 

[Husker6.5]

I get 1" exactly from bellhousing face to the torque converter mounting lug.

 

[Stoney]

I hate to ask but can you post a pic cause mine doesn't look like the one in wills video..

 

[Husker6.5]

And, what does it say in the blue rectangle below DEX/MERC on the jug of Valvoline ATF in your picture, @Stoney?

 

[Husker6.5]

The torque converter is a little rusty, but it is inserted all the way. I get exactly 1" from bellhousing face to the mounting lug

 

[Stoney]

Ok I can tell by your pic I'm not in all the way... Let me get back outside and try wiggling this thing some more

 

[Husker6.5]

Don't forget to rotate it over 180° when you wiggle it so that the flats have the ability to fully interlock, @Stoney .

 

[Husker6.5]

The 1" mark is at the end of my thumb. Trying to hold the straightedge and tape measure with one hand and my phone to shoot the picture with the other. Ignore the 2 & 3 on the tape, that's the metric side in Centimeters (dual metric/english tape, very handy when working on metric things!). Hope this helps, @Stoney.

 

[Stoney]

I think I got it finally!! I put a block under the front of the tranny to get it on a angle then rotated and pushed and it finally went in ..it's about a 1/16th short of a inch if that.

 

[Stoney]

If I wasn't already grey I would be by now. Lol

 

[Husker6.5]

The 4L80E is a Goodwrench reman with 30K miles on it out of a 99 7.4L K2500 Suburban with a GM torque converter on it. The 7.4/8.1/6.5 all used the same converter from the factory. Here's a pic of the factory part sticker for reference.

 

[Husker6.5]

I think I got it finally!! I put a block under the front of the tranny to get it on a angle then rotated and pushed and it finally went in ..it's about a 1/16th short of a inch if that.

You're all the way in!

 

[Husker6.5]

Now comes the fun part!

 

[Stoney]

I'm calling it quits for the night. Before I piss off the neighbors again..once I figure out how to get the bolts out of the bellhousing I can drop old tranny out and raise this one in .. having trouble breaking them loose without a impact...but I'll get them one way or another..might have to cut some heat shields and bend them out of the way..lol .....life was alot easier before I had to sell off tools lol

 

[Husker6.5]

Depending what you have left in your tool collection, a deep socket, then a 6" extension, then a universal swivel, then a 12" extension and a breaker bar or long handled ratchet will get you to those hard to reach upper bell housing bolts.

 

[Stoney]

I have to look. Not sure if I have a swivel or not..I know I broke one awhile back don't remember if I replaced it or not..

 

[Stoney]

BTW no one ever told me if that tranny cooler cleaner I mentioned was good for flushing it out. And which line do I shoot it in the front line or back line?

 

[Will L.]

just now reading up to this part. Yes, 15/16 is in enough. I always wished there was a plastic tool we could pop in to hold it in place and maybe 1 bolt in dust cover until it is in. Then remove it once bell housing is bolted up.

ALL THAT FIGHTING- REJOICE! Because if you didn’t and gave up thinking it must be right would ruin that new transmission in minutes when you start it. Watch, the next one you do will probably just pop right in! Thats the way it goes.

breaking free the bolts without an impact is a pain. Long piece of pipe on breaker bar or ratchet.

Once upon a time on my 69 Camaro which had frequent engine swaps- i drilled 1” holes in the firewall/ trans bump. Filled them in with rubber plugs. But easy to pop them out and access bell housing bolts from inside. If the truck is nice- don’t think about it. If it’s a rust bucket....

 

[Will L.]

I don’t think it really matters which line you spray it in. And yes it sounds like the right one. Put a bucket under the other line. Just rinse it out with some atf and air compressor afterwards.