Thread: c6 fitting problems

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Actually I wanted to thank you all for at least getting me over that hurdle. Anyone know the torque specs for the torque conveter nuts?

If I remember correctly Steve, they should be 7/16 size and go to 55 ft lbs, I like to torque in increments. Go 20 all around, then 40, then end up at 55 all around. BTW, did you prefill the torque converter with fluid? You will want to turn the snout up and put enough fluid in there so that you can look down inside and see it at the bottom of the snout.

Don

Don it was prefilled by the guys who rebuilt the tranny. A little fluid came out we we were taking it off the tranny and reseating it, so it should be ok. It is just wierd that I could turn the engine over while sequencially tighting the bolts on the converter, but when I sinched the bolts tight and tighted the bell housing to 25lbs, it would no longer turn over. I'm fairly sure the torque converter was seated all the way down. So I'm a bit mystified as to why I can't hand crank it over now. My only thought is that something is binding against something else in there right now, not allowing it to turn properly. For engine mounting purposes it is ok for now to leave it alone until I get the thranny bracket and motor mounts aligned, but it sure would be nice to fix it now, before mounting everthing, one less thing to do!