I filled the torque converter and put the amount of fluid recommended before starting the car. Had more fluid ready and began to try to get enough in the ****** to come up on the dipstick. After putting what I thought was more than enough and still nothing in the dipstick, I shut off the car and a LOT of the fluid I just put in was pushed out the dipstick tube and some out the kickdown cable. Do I have too much in? Are there air pockets? What did I do wrong? Thanks Jim
Sounds like the converter isnt all the way into the pump drive. or maybe wrong converter. just a guess though. What kinda trans is it?
OOPS Sorry, 200r4 Doesn't mean it's right but I got the converter with the ****** from Advance. It's a rebuilt Jim
what kind of car?? slide ****** back and reseat the converter..hopefully the pump is not toast and end of converter is not chewed.
If I unbolt the flexplate I can spin the converter freely with the ****** bolted to the motor. Any other ideas. j
I agree something wrong with the rebuild or your vent is plugged! If you can blow air in the vent you may as well pull it out and get a different one. My thoughts for the moment!
I hope not, I've had the ****** for more than a year now. Just trying it now! Thanks for all your help though. j
Another thought: You have a cooler on the thing? Is it plugged up? Were the cooler lines filled pre-fire? Where was the level after you shut it down? Still all the way up the dipstick?
I GOT IT The dipstick tube I ordered from NAPA was too long. My wife picked it up so I can blame it on her right! Just shortened the tube to the correct length and all is well. Thanks for all the input and help. I was pretty worried for a while Jim
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