ford65stang

allright i have my engine and tranny now...and i think im ready to hook them up together....but.......always a but, lol.
On the torque converter there are 4 holes for bolts.....i have the bolts too....But I dont know what to do with them..

i thought you could just put the torque converter on the tranny and be done with it....here's a picture

whats your thoughts ?

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Halz5

Your torque converter bolts to the flex plate on the back of the engine. Make sure it is all the way in the transmission then when you have it in place you can bolt it to the flex plate, manually crank the engine so u can get access to each bolt

ford65stang

ok that makes sense now.... its been so long....

so i should put...

1. the metal plate againist the moter

2. bolt the flex plate to the engine first and then to the torque conveter ? (with the torque converter all the way in the tranny)


and i should a quart of tranny fuild in the converter right?

i saw in a previous post you guys said use type F ( i believe )

Halz5

Yeah, bolt your flex plate to the engine.

Then slide your torque converter in the trans make sure its all the way in, if your not sure... then its not all the way in lol... you'll know when its in place

When i did mine i got all the bellhousing bolts started then put in the torque converter bolts.

Yes, type F tranny fluid, i believe its 8 quarts.

And I didn't put any fluid in the torque converter before installing... but who knows maybe its better if you do?

ford65stang

well obvisly it drives ok......thanks for the info.....you can have that waterpump now

Halz5

Awesome, I had the one from my 302 on their and didnt notice the damn gooseneck was on the wrong side!!

So i had to use the old 289 one which jus tlooks like junk.... example -

ford65stang

[sm=jawdrop.gif] yeah ill package up my old 289 water pump.....anything is better then that....

im just affaird to see your intake.......

Halz5

No you would of been afraid to see the heads.... and the broken pistons... i swear just about all the pistons had the skirt broken on them.... i actually still have some of teh old engine parts maybe it'd be worth some laughs... or cries in my case

ford65stang

well.....im going to make sure i keep mainitance on my the top of my list ....hopefully mine wont get like that[sm=hail.gif]