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Installed my Circle D converter and did the prerequisite check of the depth (how far the converter slides forward to touch the flexplate), measuring with a dial indicator it was coming forward 0.380" which is waaay too much. Recommended depth is 1/8 to 3/16 (0.125-0.1875). I attribute some of this extra depth to using a midplate which added 0.165" between the engine and the trans. Just a note this truck uses a front motor plate and midplate instead of engine mounts. Anyway, had a buddy machine up some 0.230" spacers which put the depth right at 0.156", perfect. But then I started worrying that with that much of a spacer is the converter snout even getting in to the pilot hole in the crank? So out came the transmission, I put a bunch of grease in the pilot hole of the crank and slid the transmission back in then I moved the converter back and forth to, hopefully, get a good grease mark on the snout. After that the transmission came out again so I could measure. Looks like I have over 0.150" engagement in the pilot hole, so that's good as Circle D said anything over 0.125 is OK. Then I had to put the trans BACK IN, finally got it done a bit ago and man my back is telling me I need a lift for this kind of stuff.
As a side note this Amazon motorcycle/ATV jack works great as a trans jack.
Spacers super glued to the converter
Taking measurements
Just in case you're wondering what I am talking about on the measurements, everyone should do this when replacing a torque converter!
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One of the many reasons I don't like automatics. Those E4ODs are HEAVY.
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TKOPerformance wrote:
One of the many reasons I don't like automatics. Those E4ODs are HEAVY.
Since this vehicle is more race oriented thank goodness it has a C6, doing that with an E4OD would have been the end of me!
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Holy smokes, that Mustang is cleaner than a Safeway chicken! Looks like an operating room.
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Raymond_B wrote:
TKOPerformance wrote:
One of the many reasons I don't like automatics. Those E4ODs are HEAVY.
Since this vehicle is more race oriented thank goodness it has a C6, doing that with an E4OD would have been the end of me!
Ah, definitely a better option for racing. I rebuilt the E4OD i my buddy's '95 Lightning years ago, and slinging it from the floor to the bench was quite hard, and I was a monster back then. Probably couldn't do it today.
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I keep telling myself crawling on the floor will keep me fit. Lol
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