How to remove Torque Converter from loose engine?
11-12-2013, 02:47 PM
#1
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How to remove Torque Converter from loose engine?
Greetings,
I am in the process of replacing my 351. We managed to get the engine out, but the torque converter came with it. So now it is attached to the flywheel.
I noted before we pulled it there are 4 bolts through the flywheel to the TC. I imagine we just take them off one at a time through the access window. The problem is the engine has to be spun to get to each bolt. Does anyone have a procedure for doing this?
I am in the process of replacing my 351. We managed to get the engine out, but the torque converter came with it. So now it is attached to the flywheel.
I noted before we pulled it there are 4 bolts through the flywheel to the TC. I imagine we just take them off one at a time through the access window. The problem is the engine has to be spun to get to each bolt. Does anyone have a procedure for doing this?
11-12-2013, 03:57 PM
#2
Drive like you stole it
pull the spark plugs out to get rid of the compression, put a socket on the balancer bolt and turn the crank. Or you can buy a tool that grips the fly wheel teeth to turn it.
11-12-2013, 04:43 PM
#3
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I must say, that's odd. My 93 converter came out with a separate input shaft as did the trans from the bronco we pulled it from. It's been a few months but there were no bolt holes in either torque converter.. we checked. It all just came apart during the process.. required the trans to only be pulled back an inch before that happened.
Last edited by Andrew315; 11-12-2013 at 05:10 PM.
11-12-2013, 05:13 PM
#4
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Thanks for the replies.
Well it is definitely bolted on the flywheel, and the flywheel is bolted to the engine. So it is blocking me from removing the TC, and I need to take that off to get my core charge refund.
If I remove the plugs, and turn it manually, is there a pattern I should use? I presume there are 4 bolts. So my guess would be to loosen them all and remove top and bottom, and then left and right?
Well it is definitely bolted on the flywheel, and the flywheel is bolted to the engine. So it is blocking me from removing the TC, and I need to take that off to get my core charge refund.
If I remove the plugs, and turn it manually, is there a pattern I should use? I presume there are 4 bolts. So my guess would be to loosen them all and remove top and bottom, and then left and right?
Last edited by Tiderfish; 11-12-2013 at 05:16 PM.
11-12-2013, 07:56 PM
#6
I must say, that's odd. My 93 converter came out with a separate input shaft as did the trans from the bronco we pulled it from. It's been a few months but there were no bolt holes in either torque converter.. we checked. It all just came apart during the process.. required the trans to only be pulled back an inch before that happened.
11-13-2013, 09:47 AM
#7
Drive like you stole it
Haha, might be one out there somewhere but it probably just makes a lot of noise and doesn't move!! Not a whole lot of torque converting would be going on if it wasn't attached to the engine.
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11-13-2013, 06:01 PM
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Just to add, I'm fairly confident on what I was doing and watched carefully how it all came apart and went together. I'm not saying every one should be the same but who is to say I'm wrong because mine was different?
Last edited by Andrew315; 11-13-2013 at 06:06 PM.
11-13-2013, 08:02 PM
#9
Obviously there is. There were two. I never bolted the TC up after putting it all together and my truck does fine. There weren't even holes in either of them. Like I said, there were two shafts, one out of the engine to the TC and from the TC to the trans. I can recall perfectly how I did it.
Just to add, I'm fairly confident on what I was doing and watched carefully how it all came apart and went together. I'm not saying every one should be the same but who is to say I'm wrong because mine was different?
11-13-2013, 08:53 PM
#10
broke white boy
