When I did my shift kit, tq converter, I put 2 qts in converter, then 6 qts in dipstick, I started it up and it made horrible noises, immediately shut it down then put in another 3 qts, no noise. When I put it in gear, it was still slipping a little, so I put in another qt in and it was just barely showing up on the dipstick. It ended up taking 13.5 qts to fill it up.

 

I just replaced my tranny and converter and i put about a half quart in the converter. Fill up the tranny with like 5 or 6 quarts then fire the truck, go check the dipstick. it should have pumped most of the fluid to the converter and thruout the tranny. then shut it down and put a few more quarts in it. then from there go thru the gears. check the fluid again and if good then take for a test drive.

Back when i did the 408 swap i only put about 6 quarts in the tranny and didn't think about the converter. i let the truck idle for about 20 min and forgot to check the tranny. it was dry so it got filled up and the truck made it about 200 miles before the pump went out.

 

damn!

 

Correct. I have a stock converter that was sent with the trans. I did get a hold of Chuck earlier today and chatted with him. He said they fill everything up, run it on the dyno machine for testing, then drain it. He said there should be enough fluid still in the TC and not to worry about dropping it out to take care of it.

So everything is back together, except for the exhaust, which I'm waiting on a new pass.side converter from Dynatech - should be here Wednesday.

 

glad to see everything is worked out, yeah i was at FLT on saturday picking up my trans. i got to see the dyno machine. pretty sweet machine.

 

Well, I got the exhaust bolted back together and filled up the tranny (10 quarts!). Took it for a little test drive, everything seems good - shifts nice. I thought it might shift too hard, but it is good, very similar to what I already had.

I moved the temp sensor to the pressure port, as I had it actually in the pan on the old transmission. I noticed that when I idled the truck to warm everything up, it sat right at 180*. When I took it for a ride it was just under the 195* mark and its 56 degrees outside. I really thought it would cool down a little out in the cool air, but it did not. I really think that 195 is a bit high, I can only imagine it will be higher when it gets around 80 and 90 outside. Does this sound OK?

 

do you have a tranny cooler? are you running the oil thru the radiator still? at what temp do your efans come on?

my tranny oil only gets up around 200deg after a couple of runs. most of the time it is 160 or so even on a hot day. i have a cooler and my fans run all the time.

 

It has the stock cooler and the fan coolant temp is set at 192

 

Your not going to register accurate trans temp with the sensor in the pressure port, you have to install the sensor in the pan or the cooler return line if possible to get the best accurate reading. When your driving around with 150-200lbs. of oil pressure on the temp sensor it will read hotter than the oil returning from the cooler. Put it back where it was if you want your gage to read more accurate.

Chuck

 

I agree with everything, Chuck - I plan on putting it back in the pan, it was just the only place to put it right now. I remember learning in school (about 2 decades ago) that a fluid under pressure always rises in temperature - so I know it's not the most ideal place. Thanks for your post, I do appreciate it. It supports what I originally thought.

I was really looking for some guys to post up with their temps, because I know there a lot people on here with aftermarket guages with the sensor in the pressure port. Just to get a comparison.