auto trans 225 engine

Friction drive.
I imagine;The preload from the TC being squeezed between the crank and the face of the pump gears, may have been sufficient for the initial trip.Then it may have broken the pump.The tip-off is the lack of oil circulation through the cooler. This can only be, if A) no fluid, B)Restriction to the pump suction side, C) Pump not working, D) restriction in the line to the cooler.
And now we have the admission in posts 12 and 13, as to the tranny install.
This points to lack of experience and the probable pump failure.
I see no alternative to the taking down of the tranny. Its a couple of hours work to see the proof. If the TC survived, then its not an expensive repair.
The tranny comes down from the bottom pretty easily, but do not let it dangle, unsupported, from a loose bolt as it may break off an ear(mounting lug).After the dizzy cap is off,and the cooling fan is off,( a 4-blade fan doesnt have to come off if it is turned with no blade vertical and if there is plenty of room between it and the rad & shroud), and the engine is supported,and the tranny rear mount is off,and the rear of the tranny is dropped for access to the bellhouse bolts; I like to raise the car up in the back a little higher so that an imaginary line through the crank and tranny output shaft is parallel to the floor. This makes tranny removal on a tranny jack just a matter of rolling it to the rear and lowering it down, and more importantly,it makes the install much easier.You should take the tranny down with the TC in it. Make sure it doesnt fall out.Mark the TC and the flex plate for easy realignment.

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