I just installed my LS2 in my 99 TA , but when i shift my Car from PArk to any Gear the Shift linkage moves , but nothing even happens ? what could be a problem with this ? or how could i fix this ? could it be the Valve Body in the Tranmission Pan ? or what could it be ? PLEASE HELP .. THANKS

 

You hook up your verter bolts?

 

torque converter bolts are hooked up , it just dont seem like it wants to shift in to gear at all , it worked when i pulled it out of the LS1 , thats why i think it might be the linkage or somthing but im not sure , maybe the valve body

 

i know the clutches and stuff has been rebuilt in the tranmission in Febuary , so i know it cant be the tranmission internals , but im not sure what it really is

 

My buddies did that, he ended up smashed the tranny pump when putting in the verter. Are you sure you had the verter in all the way in before mouting it to the motor?

 

In other words, when you were bolting the verter to the flywheel, was there a gap and you could move the verter easily?

 

yeah i hear ya , but really how could i tell what it is for sure ?

 

well see i put the torque converter on the tranni , before installing to the motor, then put the 3 bolts from the flywheel to the converter , when i bolted it up to the engine , but i realy dont think i smashed the pump .. DAMN **** ... :-(

 

another thing is my Stock RPM gague or the Stock Tac in other words is not working either ..

 

If you cant figure it out (externally) then you have to take the tranny back off. To make sure 1st, you can take off the return line (either up front or on the tranny) and see if you are getting any fluid pumping out. If not, then your verter is just spinning on the pump and hopefully, you burnt nothing up inside and just replace the pump.

 

do you have a messenger at all i can im you at ?

 

Nope, I am at work and the IM is a no no.

 

now another thing i didnt mention is when i pulled the tranni out the oil pan was under it and before i could even reach for it , the bell houing part fell on the oil pan that i used to change my oil with , now im wondering if somthing could of gotten jolted in the tranni or somthing , cause it will shift to R N D 3 2 1 but it dont Kick into Gear like you can feel the car jump , it dont do that at all ...

 

Anything is possible. But, if I were you, I would disconnect a tranny line off the radiator (easier then on the tranny) and see if its squirting fluid out with the engine running. If you are NOT getting any pressure, then that, to me, would think that you squished the tranny pump causing fluid not to go anywhere thus causing your problem.

 

ok i have an upper and a lower line off the radiator , what one do you want me to disconnect , and your saying is there is no fluid comming out of the linen comming from the tranni then thats my problem... ?

 

Im not sure wich line is the feed and which one is the return line. Its just a cooler for the tranny so if you disconnect one and start the car, the fluid will try to circulate (if verter is seated to the pump properly) and squirt all over the place.
If the verter is not seated right on the pump and you smashed the "tabs" then the verter will just slide on teh pump and it wont squirt nothing or very little out.
Understand?

 

correct

 

This is exactly what happend on my buds 98.

 

is the fluid supposed to flow even when its in park , and the car is runnign ?

 

now i took that top house off and nothing at all came out , does that mean that its a bad pump and if so , i have to take the whole tranni out ?