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#28496 04/01/2004 3:27 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 9 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 9 | Do you need to fill the new converter with any trans fluid? If so how much? I just bought a Hughes Performance converter. 2500 stall.
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#28497 04/01/2004 4:48 PM | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 | Yup, typically need to pre-fill the converter with the correct type of tranny fluid. Amount depends on converter. Refer to converter mfg for information. Make sure you've got a good cooler, as stall converters can generate more heat than stock units. Make sure that converter bolt pattern, thread pitch and hub dimensions are correct for application.
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#28498 04/01/2004 6:23 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | Don't bother filling the converter, it just makes a big mess when you try to install it. As soon as the pump picks up the fluid from the pan, the converter is the first place it goes. Install the trans with everything dry, put in about 5 quarts of fluid, and fire up and idle. Add fluid a little at a time, after running the shift quadrant through all the positions several times to fill all th4e clutches. Leaving the fluid level a slight bit low (less than a pint) is better than overfilling and trying to figure out how to get a little back out. Trans fluid always expands a lot at running temperature, so make the final level check after a test-drive, and top off as required.
Jerry
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#28499 04/01/2004 6:27 PM | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 234 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2000 Posts: 234 | Common practice I've seen is to put some fluid in the converter - and to lube up the seals with a little fluid so they're not spinning against each other dry.
Should only make a mess if you fill it completely...
-Boyo
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