My friend had to rebuild his transmission due to a piece of converter blocking the cooler line and overheating it badly.
He's a very good mechanic lots of experience.
He bought a new high stall converter from Hughes, rebuilt the transmission and installed it.
Drove it just a few miles and it started leaking badly out of the front seal.
Took it apart checked everything the seal looked good, installed another new seal and it leaked almost immediately.
He told me that Hughes says to shim the converter back if there is more than 5/16" from fully seated to the flex plate.
We've both never shimmed a Chrysler converter.
Anyone with more experience care to comment or offer suggestions.
Thanks.
Another question:
Do you think it's possible that he could just shim it back, not pull it, and have the leak stop?
He's a very good mechanic lots of experience.
He bought a new high stall converter from Hughes, rebuilt the transmission and installed it.
Drove it just a few miles and it started leaking badly out of the front seal.
Took it apart checked everything the seal looked good, installed another new seal and it leaked almost immediately.
He told me that Hughes says to shim the converter back if there is more than 5/16" from fully seated to the flex plate.
We've both never shimmed a Chrysler converter.
Anyone with more experience care to comment or offer suggestions.
Thanks.
Another question:
Do you think it's possible that he could just shim it back, not pull it, and have the leak stop?