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Transplant complication
lauterba · Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:32:38 -0400 · Mailing-list archive
...would be to turn the torque converter for aligning it with the torque plate, the torque converter assembly slipped off the spindles. How hard...
Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
Benny boy · Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:36:11 -0500 · Mailing-list archive
Hi, don't give up! you need to fill that torque converter... or, overfill the trany a bit.... raise that engine RPM, the pump...
Automatic Transmission, slipping when cold?
Ezra Hall · Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:18:18 -500 · Mailing-list archive
...figure is below the spec range, the torque converter is shot. I suspect if it is slipping too much, it could also cause the...
Re: Torque converter help
Zoran Mladen · Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:19:09 -0700 · Mailing-list archive
...Gently place the torque converter on the splines and slowly spin. You will feel it slip onto each one. Thats all there is to...
Poor Milage and Automatic Torque Converter
Mark Keller · Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:34:06 +0000 · Mailing-list archive
...So at lower RPMs like idle the slippage is total. Depending on the engineering torque converters can be made to achieve their greatest lock...
Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
C. Abney · Fri, 20 May 2016 16:57:58 -0700 · Mailing-list archive
...drive and torque converter >> attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the oil pump >> shaft can just slip on and off...
'87 Westy AT slipping in first only
Stephen Steele · Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:53:25 -0400 · Mailing-list archive
...stops slipping, it usually doesn't repeat until the next day. This AT was rebuilt by a local shop and the torque converter was...
Re: What are syptoms of a bad torque converter
Dennis Haynes · Tue, 18 Mar 2003 06:43:13 -0500 · Mailing-list archive
A defective torque converter will cause the lack of low speed acceleration. The lack of high speed sounds like an engine performance issue. If...
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Torque Converter Slip
The loss of energy in a torque converter due to slippage
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