Please let us know what the shop finds. Good luck with it!

 

This is the Dr Evil you installed right? How many miles do you have on it? Maybe Stacy at Dr. Evil can help?

 

Yes this is the dr. Evil tranny however this wasn't his fault if it was. I'll find out for sure but I'm pretty sure it's the flexplate. I'll let everyone know for sure when I get it looked at. Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

 

Best of luck!!!

 

Took the inspection cover off and threw the starter back on. Started it up and got underneath. I looked at the tq converter and it looked to be spinning nice and straight. The flexplate on the other hand, was wobbling around quite a bit. So it's bent out of shape. On a side note, there were only three bolts connecting the flexplate to the converter. I did not connect that part when I did the swap, my dad did and never told me. Regardless, the bolt hole on the missing one doesn't even come close to lining up. My question is this, is there a certain way the flexplate connects to the converter or is it just that the flexplate is so out of wack that the holes don't line up? I'm gonna be getting a new flexplate regardless just curious.

 

when I installed my tranny 2 months ago, the 4 flex plate to TC bolts bolted right on in no specific order. My bet is that the plate was yanked out of position on the 4th hole like your suspecting.

 

Definitely need a new flexplate. Tried searching but couldn't really find anything (running on my iPhone now) is this gonna be a dealer part?

 

Oh noes. I've seen this before...

You have to get all four converter to flex plate bolts in before you start cranking them down, which is a bite in the butt if you're down there turning the flex plate with just a long screwdriver. First you bring 'em in finger tight and no more on one pass, then you make another round snugging them up some, then on the third pass you torque to spec. Which is a bite in the butt if you're turning the flex plate by levering it around with a screwdriver in the ring gear. Which is why people do it wrong. Unfortunately the few minutes saved leads to a much bigger loss later.

With only three bolts in place and the fourth nowhere near lining up, the converter nose is nowhere near centered in the mill on the back of the crankshaft. That's your out of balance condition right there. The rub is that if you've thrown any significant torque through the assembly you've started cracks in the flex plate, guaranteed. You might leave the tranny in place and just get everything lined up, but that flex plate will fail eventually and you'll hear a helluva racket followed by the front pump going away, fouling the entire trans in the process.

Don't mess with that flex plate. Pull the tranny and replace it. You might also consider pulling the front pump apart to see if there's any scoring. If there is any visible scoring, throw a new pump at it then do a filter and fluid change, and keep your fingers crossed for at least the next 60,000 miles.

 

I'll tell you, there's 10 at one of my local bone yards alone. Try there.

 

++boneyard plucks for flex plates.