Tried every possible orientation of flex plate/torque converter, and three of them let me put in three bolts and one only lets me put in one. I have no idea how that’s possible.
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Tried every possible orientation of flex plate/torque converter, and three of them let me put in three bolts and one only lets me put in one. I have no idea how that’s possible.
New torque converter,old flexplate? It should only bolt up in one orientation.
Yes, new converter and old flexplate. Tried every orientation and none of them worked. None let me get more than three bolts in.
The jeep is a 98 and the new 32RH is a 2002, but the torque converter is the part number for a 98, so it should bolt to the flexplate fine.
Are you sure 1 hole isn't offset slightly? Meaning it can only bolt up one way? you might have to spin it until you find the correct pattern? And only start your bolts until you get all 4 in and started then rotate and torque down.
One bolt is offset slightly, and I’m pretty sure I have the wrong torque converter. I tried every permutation of holes lining up and had the bolts loose, not torqued down. I think I got a converter with symmetrical holes instead of an offset one.
I will be taking it out tomorrow and eyeballing it. I may just order a new torque converter in the meantime.
Yup. I did in fact get the wrong part from AutoZone. Ordered a TC 703, which although their search engine says is for a 98, is clearly not offset for one bolt. I should have ordered a TC 783.
Too bad it'll have cost 250 bucks and an entire day to figure it out, but at least I haven't broken anything doing the install yet. On the plus side, my dad and I are getting to be really fast at lining up the bellhousing to bolt on. Not that I want to get tons of use out of that skill, but it's a current convenience I suppose. If this thing doesn't work once it's in, and has to come back out because of a pump or drum or gear train problem, my head just might explode.
With the collection of setbacks I have accumulated so far, I have no idea how @hear likes working on these things. The tinkering is loads of fun, but when every third bolt snaps off trying to torque it to spec and half your parts are the wrong year, it can get a little tiring. At least I'm on the home stretch here of the swap, which is good, because I have less than two weeks to get it running and driving normally again.
With the collection of setbacks I have accumulated so far, I have no idea how @hear likes working on these things. The tinkering is loads of fun, but when every third bolt snaps off trying to torque it to spec and half your parts are the wrong year, it can get a little tiring. At least I'm on the home stretch here of the swap, which is good, because I have less than two weeks to get it running and driving normally again.
You should try piecing together a engine you don't know the year of at first and then part are missing or stuff was installed wrong...
There isn't much on mine that is original and I have to remember what stuff came off of...
Any chance it was boxed wrong? Was there a year that the bolts weren't offset?
Sorry i didn’t see all the fun till now. I’ve worked on a number of years TJ transmissions, although I haven’t done a 98 afair. At any rate I’ve never encountered an offset bolt pattern, but before I did my first one I had read that I needed to mark the bolts first, presumably to help line it up on reassembly. It turns out that it has never mattered on any transmission I have ever done. I’m sure it is a thing somewhere….
I used a Pro King CR-90 when I did mine, FWIW.
I used a Pro King CR-90 when I did mine, FWIW.
The old one doesn’t look offset to me, but it must be, because in every orientation of the new one against the flex plate, three bolts went in, but not the fourth
The place I thought has a 783 does not, so I'll grab a ProKing CR90 and if that doesn't fit I'll return it and order a TC 783.
To make replacing them as annoying as possible, of course.
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