SSkillz

iTrader: (22)

Put my car back together have a 99 lq4 with long crank used the flat flex plate made the bolt hoes bigger so it fits right on converter. Put everything back together when to fire it up while it was in the air and put it in drive tires seem to move slowly didn't think much of it. So I drop the car on the ground to move it and car won't move at all, did I just broke the tranny pump or is there anything else I can check for?

forcd ind

iTrader: (7)

what trans-was the converter a short snout
fluid full, shifter adj, etc, etc, ect

The_Bishop

iTrader: (10)

Was the converter completely engaged in the pump, or did you stuff it in and bolt it down?

If the converter isn't properly engaging the pump drive, you won't have any fluid flow, which means no clutch engagement. If it's slightly moving, I'd suspect that you don't have the converter properly engaging the pump drive lugs. If the flexplate had to be 'pulled' into the converter with the bolts, it's not installed correctly and you might have damaged the pump in the transmission.

mrvedit

I suspect The_Bishop is right on.
There will be enough friction between the clutches to turn the wheels when they are in the air.
I read on a recent similar post that you can check whether the pump is working by checking the trans dipstick level before and after you start the engine. It should go down by quite a bit (an inch or more?). If not then the pump is not running.
Of course putting on a pressure gauge will confirm this too, but the dipstick is a simple test.

03grandslam

I'm having the same problem with my trans am so ill be checking my convertor today hopefully I didn't mess anything up

mrvedit

Based on feedback, other have confirmed that the dipstick test is a quick way to check if the pump is working at all. Check the level with the engine off, then start the engine. The dipstick level should drop by about an inch.

performabuilt

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Another pretty quick but may be messy way or at least you hope it ends up messy is to unhook one of the cooler lines and start up for a few moments if the pump is not broken it should spray a large volume of fluid rapidly from line.

03grandslam

Ill be trying one of these methods today I need this car running already

dnkynrbk

iTrader: (34)

When putting the pump in it usually clicks twice when you push it in and should go in past the bell front by 2 inches