brianfromhawaii

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My friend just rebuilt his transmission and when we started the engine its making a clicking noise, in park, reverse, neutral, and all forward gears....

when he puts it in reverse or drive, nothing happens cept once in a while for a split second the car trys to move, then stops...

i dont know **** about autos but i told him it was probly the pump, what do you guys think?

FLT

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With noise and no movement a pump would be a good place to start.

brianfromhawaii

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contacted performabuilt, he suggested I disconnect the cooler line while the cars running, and if fluid sprays out then we know the pump is good, if it doesnt, the pump is bad

brianfromhawaii

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OK line sprayed fluid for a second then mist, performabuilt says that he didnt put enough fluid (6 quarts) i guess it takes 12... but i never took the TC off the engine, still 12?

FLT

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You need more than six quarts. BTW never stab a trans with the converter already connected to the flexplate.

Badazz 97 TA

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yeah you need to install the converter on the trans before bolting it up to the engine. you cant just leave it on the engine like FLT said. definitaly not good. Rookie mistake

brianfromhawaii

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its pretty hard to do that on a 4l65e, there is no access pannel like on the 4l60es and 700r4s..

also - put another 2 gallons in and the car is a ******* demon!!

thanks performabuilt

69LT1Bird

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What do you mean there is no access panel? Take out the starter and you do the TC bolts, rotate the flexplate through the hole on the bottom or the side the starter is on.

I can't believe you didn't kill the pump doing it that way. Lucky.

brianfromhawaii

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hey thats pretty smart, never thought of that! good idea, i lined everything up real well though and was very gentle sliding it in.

Camaro Junky

Glad you got it fixed. Frank has helped me a lot too.