OK. Got motor out, transmission off. It was exactly as Bill said. I owe
Bill a Ham Sammich.
Bill, should I send that via Fedex Ground or US Mail?
I got the TC reinstalled and it dropped on a LOT further than before. So,
now to reverse everything we've done (except for the putting on of the TQ!)
On 7/17/10 9:21 AM, "Chad Douglas" <chad@???> wrote:
> CONFRIMED: The torque converter is on wrong. I still have to pull the
> engine to correct it.
>
> I got the car a lot higher off the ground and was able to peer through the
> inspection hole. The nuts on the TC studs are contacting the engine block
> and the flexplate is bent.
>
> This 100% jives with Bill's diagnosis, and also with what I found on
> ALLDATA.
>
> I have a spare flexplate, so there's no harm done... Ahh.. Lessons learned.
>
>
> On 7/16/10 6:42 AM, "Chad Douglas" <chad@???> wrote:
>
>> Subsequent starter attempts give the same loud click, and you can hear the
>> solenoid move.
>>
>>
>> On 7/15/10 10:34 PM, "derf" <derf247@???> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, it is about all I can imagine at this point.
>>> There was a loud click.
>>> Maybe the bendix broke and a small part of it wedged between the
>>> flexplate ring gear and the bellhousing.
>>> What happened when you tried the starter after the first time?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Chad J. Douglas <chad@???>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I can't imagine that the bendix wedging into the flexplate would result in
>>>> an engine that will not move at all.
>>
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