CudaFactHackJob
Well-Known Member
If you've ever had a front seal leak because grit had become embedded in the seal and cut a groove in the converter...you just might be against this newfangled idea...
I don't think it's a BAD idea. Nothing wrong with a little more access. My concern is what to plug it with. Come up with that solution and It's a decent idea. Like @Oldmanmopar said, you'd damn sure be able to see where a leak was comin from.
I ended up notching mine slightly in my BB 66 Dart then just made a little plate to cover it.
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He did ask for thoughts and opinions.Did you ever drain your torque converter and say to yourself " Why the hell didn't the Chrysler make an opening so the fluid wouldn't flow into the bell" ???
Or slip off and skin your knuckles with that box wrench that wasn't bent correctly or have the surface filed flush to the teeth. So can it use a little trimming? Sure it could.
How much? That would be the question that everyone may have a different opinion on. But I see many critics ready to pounce and try to make fools out of those different opinions. That is the nature of some of the Assholes on this site.
If the world would revolve around a set standard what would the future behold for the entrepreneurs. I like to see experiments whether they work or fail at least they are thinking out of the box. And no one has the right to criticise unless they tried it and it failed . Why assume things are wrong unless you have done it.
I don't have an issue reaching the bolts to begin with, so I'm not sure why the modification exists. Thoughts?
Nice photo. That's exactly the plate I was envisioning/trying to describe in my response to RustyRatRod above. Very clean. Did the notch in the bellhousing help at all?
And i always put them back. I dont care if “you don’t need em” im putting them back.And do I need to remind "us" that at least some Mopar automatics had braces to the engine block?
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Sorry, still doing a search gathering pics of cracked Chevy bell housings...
Yeah, I didn't get that comment either. I've never seen a Chevy aluminum bellhousing with cracks through the housing other than race applications where the converter or flexplate came apart and busted the housing. I've had to TIG some with broken ears from morons torquing them down when the converter isn't properly seated, but I've come across plenty of 727/904s with broken ears from the same issue.In all my years as a professional mechanic, I have never seen a GM auto trans bell housing cracked that wasn't caused by installer error. Little damn cut that is being talked about here is not going to affect overall integrity of bell.
And according to multiple people in this thread who have utilized the notch modification for their specific 727/904 applications, the bellhousings don't crack and converter seals don't get destroyed from grit, especially if they built a cover for the notch.You both didn't get it. Chevy bellhousings don't crack under normal use because they have a cast in flange.
....and they won't crack as long as the cut is a nice job like you did that removes all of the sharp edges.And according to multiple people in this thread who have utilized the notch modification for their specific 727/904 applications, the bellhousings don't crack and converter seals don't get destroyed from grit, especially if they built a cover for the notch.