Can you really install coverter bolts through that tiny hole in the bellhousing?
03-25-2011, 02:24 AM
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Can you really install coverter bolts through that tiny hole in the bellhousing? I did all kinds of thread searches to find an answer to this one with no luck...
Has anyone ever had to install their torque converter bolts by taking off the starter and using this space to install one bolt through the flexplate into the TC, then rotating the flexplate/TC and doing it all over again for the remaining 2 bolts. (LS6/4L60E combo)
I say this because I'm not sure if I will be able to install the TC bolts through the tiny circular opening at the bottom of the 4L60E bellhousing.
Just wondering if this is common practice?
Has anyone ever had to install their torque converter bolts by taking off the starter and using this space to install one bolt through the flexplate into the TC, then rotating the flexplate/TC and doing it all over again for the remaining 2 bolts. (LS6/4L60E combo)
I say this because I'm not sure if I will be able to install the TC bolts through the tiny circular opening at the bottom of the 4L60E bellhousing.
Just wondering if this is common practice? 
03-25-2011, 04:15 AM
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Going through the starter pocket is how I have done it. If you look at the flex plate there is one hole that has a slotted hole. This would be the one that you would want to start with and the other two should line up perfectly. Vince
03-25-2011, 10:06 AM
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Its not at the bottom of the bellhousing where you install the bolts. Its behind the plastic inspection plate cover. You have to disconnect the speed sensor and take your starter off to get to it. Its not a small hole, theres plenty of room. You really did a search? I know of a thread on the first page without a search that will show you how its done 
03-25-2011, 12:47 PM
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Okay guys, It may have sounded like a dumb question, but thanks for the info. 
I'm used to the first gen engines w/ a TH 350 and a big-*** inspection plate/dust cover. Sometimes, the III/IV gen stuff is too easy to work on.
I'm used to the first gen engines w/ a TH 350 and a big-*** inspection plate/dust cover. Sometimes, the III/IV gen stuff is too easy to work on.
03-25-2011, 01:03 PM
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Its not at the bottom of the bellhousing where you install the bolts. Its behind the plastic inspection plate cover. You have to disconnect the speed sensor and take your starter off to get to it. Its not a small hole, theres plenty of room. You really did a search? I know of a thread on the first page without a search that will show you how its done
03-25-2011, 01:46 PM
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Yeah I was searching for quite a while last night to find an answer to my boneheaded (now obvious) question. I did find this thread with a lot of good info Trans Installation Link (I saw your posts to questions that had been covered twice in the same thread)
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03-26-2011, 01:29 AM
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Haha Thanks man. I ended up going with a level III trans from xtreme transmissions with a 2300 stall to go behind my LS6.
Likewise with your project, hope everything fits together like it's supposed to (seems like it never goes as planned).
Likewise with your project, hope everything fits together like it's supposed to (seems like it never goes as planned).
