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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / September 2004How do I r&r tranny w/ seized eng
How do I get the torque converter off w/ a seized engine? The doner car is an '81 300TD thanks, lyndo >How do I get the torque converter off w/ a seized engine? Usually, pulling the pan and loosening the bearings will allow the engine to be turned. Bill Ditmire Ditmire Motorworks,Inc. 425 White Horse Pike Absecon,NJ 08201 http://www.ditmire.com 609-641-3392 Are you trying to just remove the tranny from the car or do you need the torque converter to come off with the tranny? > >How do I get the torque converter off w/ a seized engine? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > http://www.ditmire.com > 609-641-3392 If the tranny and engine is still on the car, you can't really take out the tranny unless you unbolt the torque converter... otherwise, it's a long long slip out rearward and possibility of damaging the main pump. On my 300D there was a plastic "plug" in the bottom of the comverter portion of the trans housing which is there to apparently hold the converter in place while installing or removing the trans. On my car you can simply turn that plastic plug 90 degrees and pull it out. You can then pull the tranny (if you wish) while leaving the converter bolted to the engine. If you remove the tranny and leave the converter bolted to the companion flange on the rear of the crankshaft, and do so carefully, you shouldn't have any problem. Of course you need to lower the back of the engine/tranny assembly to achieve this since you want to pull the tranny as straight away from the engine as possibly. I'm not sure just how you remove the converter from the companion flange after that but it sounds like you are more interested in removing the tranny than breaking the engine loose. True? > If the tranny and engine is still on the car, you can't really take out the > tranny unless you unbolt the torque converter... otherwise, it's a long long > slip out rearward and possibility of damaging the main pump. Thanks, that was what I had to do,and then some, the center rod was twisted and wedged between the cylnder and crank. Thor soon put it in it's place thank, lyndo > >How do I get the torque converter off w/ a seized engine? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > http://www.ditmire.com > 609-641-3392 >>Thanks, that was what I had to do,and then some, the center rod was twisted and wedged between the cylnder and crank. Thor soon put it in it's place<< Oh yes, I had forgotten to add "...the use of excessive force... is authorized." Bill Ditmire Ditmire Motorworks,Inc. 425 White Horse Pike Absecon,NJ 08201 http://www.ditmire.com 609-641-3392 The plan is to remove tranny and TC then install them in my car that now has a bad tranny. I have decided to pull the engine and tranny out of the donor car, so i can work on it in the light. the hood and radiator are out (didn't come w/ those parts)While the donor car is in front the shop I will rob any other parts that look better than mine. Thanks, lyndo > How do I get the torque converter off w/ a seized engine? > The doner car is an '81 300TD > thanks, lyndo That's a great plan... keep all the spare parts or sell them. I've loosened rather heavily siezed engines by removing the spark plugs (injectors in this case) put some WD40 in each cylinder and let the engine sit overnight. The next day, with the lower TC cover removed use a large screwdriver or prybar to break the engine loose. I once put two 12v batteries in series and hit the starter to achieve the same thing. Took three or four hard jolts but that engine finally broke loose. Had been frozen for some time. However, if water has somehow gotten into the cylinders (read heavy rust) you could be in for a heck of a time trying to turn the engine over enough to get all TC to flange bolts out. Another thought: Did your present trans take a metal bath. If not you might be able to switch just the trans and use your old TC. I did that on a 300D we had and it worked fine. I trusted my old TC more than the one I got from the wrecking yard although the used replacement tranny itself worked fine. Good luck. > The plan is to remove tranny and TC then install them in my car that now has > a bad tranny. I have decided to pull the engine and tranny out of the donor [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The doner car is an '81 300TD > > thanks, lyndo |
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