Bad news for my 73

[Alarus]

i had developed a tranny leak at the front of my c4 took it down(with the car about 3 ft in the air) and got the seals replaced put the trannt back in and took it out for a spin, ran good, took it out the night before last and i broke the flex plate, one of the bolts on the bell housing were loose... and it moved and i guess snaped the flex plate.... any advice on how to get all of this fixed and what it will cost?

 

[rbohm]

you can get a new flexplate from summit for around $80, and new bolts for the flexplate to crank for around $25. flexplate to converter bolts should run about 1/2 the crank bolts. you just the drop the tranny, use a trans jack if you can, otherwise a floor jack and a good friend and a strap will do.

 

[Alarus]

the engine wont turn over, so thats what leads to the broke flex, but what else could have went wrong?

 

[302 coupe]

are you absolutely positive that the torque converter was seated all the way? If not, you could have damaged the converter and the pump. Or maybe you just had a bad flexplate. No way of knowing until you tear it down.

 

[Alarus]

Got it apart,and found out that i compleatly rippedthe flexplate off the crank, it was almosta perfect circle, got it fixed and she runs good, but now i have another leak in the tranny, gonna figure thatone out my next day off, also i cant keep any power steeringfluid in it, leaksout the back ofthe gearbox.

 

[mustangman70]

eh i dont mess with trannie work LOL