Torque Conveter kicked my A**
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From: Brick N.J. ( Jersey Shore )
Torque Conveter kicked my A** I put my Yank 4000ss in today . Everything went wrong 
Its probably because I live 10 minutes from the beach .FREAKIN RUST 
!! To start , 3 of the 6 exhaust manifold bolts broke . Even after spraying them and heating them cherry red . Then I had 2 of my torque converter bolts strip out and the other one broke my matco ratchet . They were unbelievably tight .Had to drill them out .Then my tranny was stuck to the block .That took an extra 20 minutes to get off . Putting it together was cake . It took me 5 1/2 hours on a lift to finish it .Including the ORY pipe and changing the trans fluid . Just got to fix a minor exhaust leak on the Y and something banging in the rear of the car . Probably the exhaust .
Even "untuned " if seems to drive ok .Which is a big + 
Cant wait to break it in and Nail it !! 
Sorry ,Just venting .
Its probably because I live 10 minutes from the beach .FREAKIN RUST !! To start , 3 of the 6 exhaust manifold bolts broke . Even after spraying them and heating them cherry red . Then I had 2 of my torque converter bolts strip out and the other one broke my matco ratchet . They were unbelievably tight .Had to drill them out .Then my tranny was stuck to the block .That took an extra 20 minutes to get off . Putting it together was cake . It took me 5 1/2 hours on a lift to finish it .Including the ORY pipe and changing the trans fluid . Just got to fix a minor exhaust leak on the Y and something banging in the rear of the car . Probably the exhaust . Even "untuned " if seems to drive ok .Which is a big + Cant wait to break it in and Nail it !! Sorry ,Just venting .
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Torque converters hate me. I did mine and broke the tranny pump, got it fixed and put it in and it broke again while driving.
The actual install though, sucks a lot on your back laying in a pool of tranny fluid. Bleh. I had to throw away like 6 tee shirts because once they get fluid on them they're ruined.
Glad you got it all together though, that's a nice converter.
The actual install though, sucks a lot on your back laying in a pool of tranny fluid. Bleh. I had to throw away like 6 tee shirts because once they get fluid on them they're ruined.
Glad you got it all together though, that's a nice converter.
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Damn !! No major injuries for me during the install . Sorry to hear that Gatsby , I wouldn't even attempt it on the ground . Im spoiled by using my lift all day at work . Glad I didnt break anything yet . So far this converter feels AWSOME !!!! Still breaking it in though . Got something on banging underneath on acceleration though . I think my stock torque arm bushing (96K) is not happy with me 
and its touching the y pipe .Time to call BMR
Still breaking it in though . Got something on banging underneath on acceleration though . I think my stock torque arm bushing (96K) is not happy with me and its touching the y pipe .Time to call BMR Trending Topics
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From: Brick N.J. ( Jersey Shore )
It was the fixing that was a PIA . Luckily ,I only had to fix the exhaust manifolds . A lift ,air tools ,torch and a trans jack sure helped too . 
Sucks to hear it went so bad but at least you're done with it and now you get to enjoy a stalled auto 
I did mine last month on a lift and when I hear about guys doing it on jackstands I want to go ad give them a metal or something
I did mine last month on a lift and when I hear about guys doing it on jackstands I want to go ad give them a metal or something
Yeah, jackstands are no fun. I feel like a nascar pit crew now taking out my trans. I can have it completely out in about 90 minutes. And that's including the jacking it up and bracing it. (Don't forget i have to jack the rear up to unbolt the driveshaft, then lower it and jack the front up). Stupid jackstands.
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Reminds me of replacing my drivers-side cat. I don't have or have access to a lift, so I it on ramps and got to work. It wasn't long before I realized I needed more ground clearance, so I jacked it up with my jack and put jackstands under it. I still managed to break one of the studs off the exhaust manifold (shouldn't have just brute-forced it off like that) and I had to drill that SOB out! What a mess! Oil and metal shavings all over the garage floor! Not something I want to do again!
