first through reverse, gone!!!!!!!!

[ecmoney]

ok i checked a couple things before work this morning. when its in park it doesnt roll. and i checked the oil, when cold it has plenty, if anything maybe a half a court too much. Im gonna say its the converter insatallation i guess. I will try and tear it all apart today or tomarow

[txarkitekt]

... Most times the cause on a new install is not having the converter in all the way which breaks the pump when you tighten the bell housing bolts. This is probably why Casey asked about the level going down with the engine running. If it does, my guess is input shaft. Bet the pump is shattered.

...Im gonna say its the converter insatallation i guess. I will try and tear it all apart today or tomarow

Exactly. When reinstalling the TC, make sure to grab it with both hands and spin it back and forth while pushing on it...then listen for it to fall towards the tranny TWICE. You will hear and fell it "clunk" twice. That way you know its in there. The face of the converter should be about an 1.5" inside the face of the bellhousing.

OR you can look at the input and see the tabs where the converter needs to side in...in relation to the key-way on the hub of the converter. Mark the slots if the input on the bellhousing and line up the converter as best as you can from your markings. Push and twist at the same time until it is fully seated.

[GasGuzzler]

Guys, what's weird is that I've seen more than one shattered pump that made it 1000 miles before the truck wouldn't go. I know....sounds impossible but it is...ask *cough*brad*cough*....

[DBRODS]

One thing I have to add is how do you get anything bolted up if the TC isn't seated in the pump...Wouldn't it bind up from not being in far enough, this would cause it to bind against the flexplate, correct?

[GasGuzzler]

One thing I have to add is how do you get anything bolted up if the TC isn't seated in the pump...Wouldn't it bind up from not being in far enough, this would cause it to bind against the flexplate, correct?

Seems so to me. Then again I have seen it from 40' and it only makes a POP...sometimes up to 15 minutes after the bellhousing bolts are tightened. The clue to me is how hard the crank must be to turn to allow converter bolt installation but by then it's BROKE.

[ecmoney]

so if thats the case. do you guys think that all those parts need replacing?like the TC

[GasGuzzler]

Either shaft, probably just need to fix what's broken. If the rotor in the pump is shattered and all the peices stayed in there, probably just need a pump.

[ecmoney]

ok that helps alot thanks. Im gonna get it out probably thursday or friday. so we will see the damage