So... the flywheels are different...

[camarokidz28]

I just bought KayJay's Monte. Pulled the motor and stuffed it in my gtp.... Get most of the stuff hooked up and then come to find the holes for the felxplate don't line up... I thought hmmmm odd... maybe this isn't a bolt hole. so I rotated it to the next hole... nope. Gt Flexplate is different from the GTP, but only by about half a hole... I realllllllllly don't feel like re-pulling the motor to re-insert it. what do you think about taking the right angle drill and filling the holes into ovals so the bolts will go in.... I really don't see why it would be an issue

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[smug]

Just do it right

 

[camarokidz28]

swap torque converters?

 

[1quick]

I have the right flex plate you can have if you come get it

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Yes you can oval them but be careful about it and it will be trial and error but the torque converter is registered by the center snout so as long as you can thread em in easy it will be fine

Btw there are two different torque converter patterns lol

 

[1quick]

Oh snap yeah he has the l26 dosnt he? That flex plate lines up with both converters just have to spin it around to the other set of bolt holes

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Early na/sc flexplates are only 1 pattern

 

[1quick]

Kj's Monty had an l26 in it

 

[camarokidz28]

Yes you can oval them but be careful about it and it will be trial and error but the torque converter is registered by the center snout so as long as you can thread em in easy it will be fine

Btw there are two different torque converter patterns lol

I have the l26 pattern, with an l67 trans. The holes are like half way there, just need a little bit taken off the flexplate. or swap torque converters. It would be easier to swap converters than to swap flexplates lol

 

[1quick]

The l26 flex plate should have 2 converter patterns on it, they quit making two different flex plates on the series 3 so both converters should work on a standard l26 flex

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Kj may hav swapped flexplates....
I'm sure this guy would have noticed that the hole an inch over from the one he's talking about fits perfectly if it was the dual pattern flex plate....I'm guessing it's not the dual pattern

 

[1quick]

I would hope so lol, so back to the previous statement, come get this l67 flex plate I'm not going to use and fix her up right

 

[smug]

I have the l26 pattern, with an l67 trans. The holes are like half way there, just need a little bit taken off the flexplate. or swap torque converters. It would be easier to swap converters than to swap flexplates lol

How do you figure its easier to swap a converter rather then a flexplate? You can swap a flex plate with out completely removing the engine and trans

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

grind the fucking holes

this aint rocket surgery get a carbide burr and with the starter off you can nicely slot the hole inward/outward

 

[camarokidz28]

How do you figure its easier to swap a converter rather then a flexplate? You can swap a flex plate with out completely removing the engine and trans

If I were to swap something it would be easiest to leave everything hooked up, starter, ac compressor. and just jack the motor up enough to slip one converter out and slip the new one in... I have all the parts here to fix it right. It's just a matter of I don't feel like re-pulling the motor.

at any rate Dan, are you gonna be free on like tuesday or wednesday to help me throw a tune on this thing? My tuner went to marty

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i reused flexplate bolts from 2 sets of used for the 5tp but i wouldnt recommend it for anyone else...
so swapping with a "hopefully" known good converter is the easier and cheaper method.

fuck gm flexplate bolts

 

[camarokidz28]

i reused flexplate bolts from 2 sets of used for the 5tp but i wouldnt recommend it for anyone else...
so swapping with a "hopefully" known good converter is the easier and cheaper method.

fuck gm flexplate bolts

My trans supposedly has 200k on it... original. The monte trans was rebuilt in 06, seemed to shift alright on the way home. granted it was shifting at 3500-3800 RPM the whole ride. I'm just guessing thats due to any number of wires that were chewed up or torn

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

its a 50.50 shot fuckit runit

 

[camarokidz28]

its a 50.50 shot fuckit runit

Or there is the other option. a right agle grinder would fit right in there next to the starter and I could trim an 1/8th inch of sheet metal off the flexplate and bolt it together

 

[smug]

If I were to swap something it would be easiest to leave everything hooked up, starter, ac compressor. and just jack the motor up enough to slip one converter out and slip the new one in... I have all the parts here to fix it right. It's just a matter of I don't feel like re-pulling the motor.

at any rate Dan, are you gonna be free on like tuesday or wednesday to help me throw a tune on this thing? My tuner went to marty

Option A
redrill the flexplate through starter opening

Option B
replace flexplate by separating the engine and trans, sliding the engine over as far as it will go and drop the damn thing out the bottom.

Option C
replace the converter. Please tell me how in the world that is going to be easier. I dont see how there is enough room unless you pull the engine or trans out all the way and then you are also going to deal with trans fluid spilling out when you remove the converter. You can not jack the engine up that freaking high with everything connected.

 

[camarokidz28]

Option A
redrill the flexplate through starter opening

Option B
replace flexplate by separating the engine and trans, sliding the engine over as far as it will go and drop the damn thing out the bottom.

Option C
replace the converter. Please tell me how in the world that is going to be easier. I dont see how there is enough room unless you pull the engine or trans out all the way and then you are also going to deal with trans fluid spilling out when you remove the converter. You can not jack the engine up that freaking high with everything connected.

my converter has 200k miles.... the other one is from 2006. So thatsthat's another reason why iI dontdon't mind switching it

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

then id say thats your solution

 

[camarokidz28]

swapped the converter. got it running. water pump was bad. replaced it.... so far so good