Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:52:47 -0700
Reply-To: jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM
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From: Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject: Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
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Craig,
Pulling the transmission is definitely easier, unless... your trying to do
it in your driveway with limited ground clearance.
Let me know if you need any of those tranny parts.
Cheers,
Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Craig Oda
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
Karl,
Thanks for the idea. Robert Fisher gave me similar advice on pulling
the automatic transmission. I've never pulled the transmission
before, so this will be another vanagon adventure. :-)
I may ask the list people for more advice on where I should be buying
parts when I find out the extent of the damage to the torque converter
and drive (flex?) plate.
Regards,
Craig
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:32:54 -0700, Karl Wolz
<wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Don't know about the automatic, but it is much easier to pull the
> standard tranny than to pull the engine.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> > Craig Oda
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:50 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Broken bolt on torque converter
> >
> > After crawling around under the van I found a sheared bolt which looks
> > like it came from the torque converter. At least, I think it is the
> > torque converter. See here:
> >
> > http://oda.bz/vanagon/2004_07/
> >
> > The van started making noises about 30 miles from my house and I drove
> > it home. It's on jack stands now and won't start. Sounds like
> > something is jammed in the metal plate shown in the picture. The
> > threads in the plate look damaged and I think there is a piece of
> > metal in there that was causing havoc.
> >
> > I plan to take out the engine to look at the plate this weekend.
> >
> > Is this the torque converter plate? I have an automatic transmission.
> >
> > If the plate is damaged, what should I do? Should I attempt to repair
> > it by sending it into a shop or buy a new one. How much would this
> > plate cost?
> >
> > Besides dropping the engine for further inspection, any other
> suggestions?
> >
> > I guess this puts a damper on my plans to go to Lake Shasta. Though,
> > if the plate is cheap and that's the primary thing that's damaged, I
> > can probably drop the engine, swap the plate out and jack the engine
> > back in over a weekend.
> >
> > Or, maybe this is too optimistic and I've got more serious problems
> > here because I drove the engine on the freeway for 30 miles after the
> > bolt sheared off?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Craig
>
>
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