[DML] Re: Auto Trans Converter Noise

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Make sure none of the covers are touching the converter. Make sure you
didn't accidently stick a wrong length bolt in a spot where it could
be touching the torque converter. Make sure when you reinstalled the
torque converter it went all the way on, it did not hang up and is
completely inserted into the trans. It is possible the converter went
bad. On the origional converters there is a plastic thrust washer,
maybe by disturbing the converter you knocked it out of place and it
died. Do not run the motor if it is making a racket. Take it back
apart and find the cause. If it is coming from inside the converter
they can be rebuilt. The can also be replaced. The shaft for the fluid
pump goes right through the converter, maybe you didn't position it
right? In any case if things are rubbing in there then you are making
metal dust and the trans will not like it, eventually wearing put
prematurely. Pull the pan and see what is collecting on the magnet.
There is no way and no need to bleed the converter, in fact there is
no drain plug. Check and see if all the bolts holding the torque
converter to the flex plate (starter gear) are tight. Maybe one is
loose and the head is scraping around the inside of the housing.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> I've been chasing down a mysterious noise from my recently-re-
> installed engine in my automatic project car. All I did to the trans 
> was replace the torque converter seal and some general clean-up, new 
> gaskets, o-rings, etc. 
> 
> The problem I'm having is a hellacious noise from, apparently, within 
> the torque converter. It sounds a lot like a dry scraping noise, in 
> fact first we thought maybe oil starvation in the engine somewhere. 
> I've now gotten under the car while running on a lift and it's 
> definitely the converter. The other related, odd symptom is that, 
> with the engine off, trans in-gear, turning the axles (together) 
> causes what sounds like a gurgling noise in the coverter itself. 
>






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