Well I got my tranny back together after a I replaced some of the servos , springs and gaskets. I also did a new torque converter while I was at it. I put in one quart like they said in the B&M book that came with it and 5 quarts in the tranny. At the auto parts store they said it took 7 and I know the converter takes about 5-6 so I got 13 total quarts. Now I got it started and I got nuttin! I still havent put in the other 7 quarts yet cuz even if the motor is running and the tranny is in park im not getting anything outta the coller lines and nuttin as far as movemet. I know its probably something stupid I did so whats up?

 

If you are not moving any fluid, it sounds like the pump is not engaged. I'd recheck that that you seat the converter and input shaft correctly.

 

Hey Scott, You Can't go by the cooler lines at this point, if the filter isn't picking up fliud,it isn't pumping anything it's kinda un clear to me if you've checked your stick is there oil on it? Running or not? Heres how we do it at our shop, Put 1 qt. in the converter, 4 qts. in the pan, start the car, add 4 more qts, check it and normally add two or three more. At the nine quart stage my guys will run it through the gears and see that we have engagement. I hope this helps you.

 

thanks but when i put the driveshaft in it the output shaft was really loose so im getting a low mileage one from a wrecker tommorrow morning

 

7 quarts is plenty of fluid to start with. The shifter linkage is connected, yes? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

Hey Dave, I stand corrected. We had a 2002 4l60e today I had my guys put seven quarts in guess what! No engagement or cooler flow. What kind of oil are you useing?? I may be useing the wrong stuff. Thanks for the help.

 

If this is a dry install, maybe the pump just
can't prime / draw. If you think you have enough
juice to cover the pickup, you might want to
suction-prime the pump.

 

Scott(Billy Bob),

The flow of fluid in the 4l60E is that:

fluid from the pan to the pump,
from pump to converter,
from converter to pump,
from pump to cooler,
from cooler to lube circuits

This is one circuit of flow but there are several circuits. The pump must fill the converter before it will pump fluid to the cooler. My advice is to check the fluid level of the trans when the engine is running. If the trans oil level is not touching the stick then the pump is working and you can continue filling the trans. If the trans oil level is full then the pump is not working and the converter could have too much pull back or the pump ears are broke.


Kevin Steele
TCI
Product Engineer