Okay, dumb question and I did a search, but I pulled my old transmission from my FJ62 yesterday and I'm putting in another one today. During disassembly I unbolted the torque converter from the flywheel before dropping the transmission. My question is, is it easier to bolt the torque converter to the flywheel after the transmission is in place, or should I try to put the flywheel on the TC before mating the transmission to the engine? Also, is there a trick to removing the starter? That upper bolt is almost impossible to get to!
FJ62 transmission installation question
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I'm interested to hear what others think, but I always put the TC back into the bellhousing, then bolt it to the the flexplate (technically it's not a flywheel) with the tranny in place, as it says in the FSM. I was always worried about being able to line up that shaft into the TC, it's a tight tolerance fit, not like the input shaft on a manual transmission. I was also worried that I might mess up a seal in the TC while wrestling with the heavy tranny, then have a leak.
A couple friends and I did this this past weekend. Bolted TC on first then slid AT in. I would not reccomend doing it this was. Once the tranny isin as far as it can go you half to rotate the flywheel to get the splines aligned. Not the best way. But it worked.
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Thanks guys, I just think it's gonna be a real b***h trying to line up those six bolts in the TC. Lets hope I'm wrong.
Thanks to WickedMidas for the A440F donor. As you may recall he had some major engine problems but had a good transmission. I think I bought his just in time. My transmission was rapidly deteriorating, even went halfway to the shop yesterday stuck in 1st gear! Hopefully I'll have a write-up on my success tonight.
Thanks to WickedMidas for the A440F donor. As you may recall he had some major engine problems but had a good transmission. I think I bought his just in time. My transmission was rapidly deteriorating, even went halfway to the shop yesterday stuck in 1st gear! Hopefully I'll have a write-up on my success tonight.
My FSM is packed away, but I seem to remember they recommend you take an M8 stud and screw it into one of the holes where the flexplate bolts go. Just before you snug the thing home, you spin the TC and stab this stud thru one of the holes. Then put the bellhousing bolts in. Take the stud out, put a bolt in, and start spinning the engine to get the rest of the bolts in. I seem to remember doing this and it worked well.
Having done it both ways, I found it much easier to do the way KLF describes. No surprise there as KLF knows his shtuff. I also found it much easier to load the torque convertor on the tranny shaft by standing the tranny on its tail to line things up so it all slides together without fuss. YMMV on this.
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Okay, got the transmission installed, no issues at all. I used two transmission jacks, one under the tranny, one under the transfer case. With that I was able to adjust the angle as I was lifting and it was just a matter of moving the thing forward an inch or so at the very end. I was careful to have holes on the TC and flexplate pretty much lined up so getting the bolt in was easy. Probably the worst part of the whole day was routing the oil filler tube.
I used a lift at our military hobby shop and that was a godsend. I can't imagine doing it on the ground, on my back. One good thing is my wife came over to visit and I lowered the Cruiser to, say, what a 3-4" lift would look like and she really liked it. So....OME in the future maybe?
I used a lift at our military hobby shop and that was a godsend. I can't imagine doing it on the ground, on my back. One good thing is my wife came over to visit and I lowered the Cruiser to, say, what a 3-4" lift would look like and she really liked it. So....OME in the future maybe?
That's what we ran into also. Found you need to start positioning it before you get the tranny all the way in. Also bolt the top bellhousing mount for it first but leave loose then bolt the bottom bolt then back to the top. Works much better.
An impact wrench with a 1/2 drive swivel and a couple long extentions made it go fairly quickly. Took us 6 hrs start to finish. That included stripping the front seats out, trim, carpet and then putting it all bac together.
Another note is to make sure you fill the torque converter.
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Okay, the new transmission has a few miles on it and everything is working well. Shifts well, runs great. It does have a faint whine to it, only when under power, when I let off the gas it goes away. The sound rises and falls with speed, not engine RPM. Anything I should be concerned with?
