Strange thing happened last night.
try to join the FMX gearbox (C9) with the 352 for my squarebird.
The bell housing is the aluminum one, and it did fit the engine before but with the Torque converter. No placing the torque converter in and joining them again it does not quite fit.
I can not tighten the bellhousing bolts all the way, just the last 1/4 inch or even less does not want to be tightened. The top 2 bolts of the bell housing can go all the way but the lower bolts not. When I tighten the bolts as much as I can than I can not turn the engine with the wrench on the crank pulley. When I back the bell housing off a bit then I can turn the engine.
I will take the gear box off again, I checked and the torque converter seems ok placed on the shaft.
I have put the converter on the gearbox when it was of the car, before just to check I put the converter and flex plate assembled together and also the the starter and all seemed ok.
The only mistake I made then is the I did not join it together with the 353 engine tot check.
Placed the engine, then after placed the gearbox without the converter.
No I was ready to insert the converter and then this happened.
Anybody has similar experiences?
I will have to take it apart again, check and write down the part numbers/casting numbers of the converter and flex plate and bell housing. I will post those numbers here shortly and see where did it go wrong.
When the gearbox was out of the car and assembled with the converter and flex plate and starter it seemed to fit perfectly.
When I purchased the car, the engine, bellhousing and gearbox came separately, they had never been joined together before.
I do have the original cast iron bell housing also but also has never been together also, it came as an extra part.
edit: the stamp on the converter shows 9B-4 or 9B-A ? and the number next to it is 56.
No number on the flexplate/flywheel only the fomoco stamp.
regards,
Ron
try to join the FMX gearbox (C9) with the 352 for my squarebird.
The bell housing is the aluminum one, and it did fit the engine before but with the Torque converter. No placing the torque converter in and joining them again it does not quite fit.
I can not tighten the bellhousing bolts all the way, just the last 1/4 inch or even less does not want to be tightened. The top 2 bolts of the bell housing can go all the way but the lower bolts not. When I tighten the bolts as much as I can than I can not turn the engine with the wrench on the crank pulley. When I back the bell housing off a bit then I can turn the engine.
I will take the gear box off again, I checked and the torque converter seems ok placed on the shaft.
I have put the converter on the gearbox when it was of the car, before just to check I put the converter and flex plate assembled together and also the the starter and all seemed ok.
The only mistake I made then is the I did not join it together with the 353 engine tot check.
Placed the engine, then after placed the gearbox without the converter.
No I was ready to insert the converter and then this happened.
Anybody has similar experiences?
I will have to take it apart again, check and write down the part numbers/casting numbers of the converter and flex plate and bell housing. I will post those numbers here shortly and see where did it go wrong.
When the gearbox was out of the car and assembled with the converter and flex plate and starter it seemed to fit perfectly.
When I purchased the car, the engine, bellhousing and gearbox came separately, they had never been joined together before.
I do have the original cast iron bell housing also but also has never been together also, it came as an extra part.
edit: the stamp on the converter shows 9B-4 or 9B-A ? and the number next to it is 56.
No number on the flexplate/flywheel only the fomoco stamp.
regards,
Ron
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