727 dry start

If your trans holds 10 quarts and you only install 8, then it will begin to burn up after idling for only a couple of minutes. If your trans had an oil light; it would be ON. Keep adding fluid until it registers FULL. NOT to just the add mark. If your motor is running and you don't know for sure that it's to the full mark, SHUT IT DOWN. Put what you can into the converter, dump a gallon down the tube, start it in neutral, have plenty more fluid to add immediately. The pump can suck up a quart in about 10-15 seconds. The fluid goes first to the perimeter of the converter and doesn't run back down and lube the pump until the converter is full, or you shut off the motor. You might want to shut it off to allow the fluid to run down off the inside of the tube for a more accurate measurement. Don't listen to ANYBODY who disagrees with me on this. You can shut the motor off and check the fluid level as long as you don't wait too long; which would allow the fluid to drain back down out of the converter. A couple of minutes is fine. If anybody ever wants to bring a trans back, I demand that the converter is included. If I see scratches or scuffs on it where the bushing rides; I won't work on it. Which is every time one comes back...It's been about three years; a guy said it wasn't working right, but he had followed my instructions to the letter; or at least the ESL's he had installing it did. I measured .060 burned off the converter all the way around. He had started it and allowed it to warm up for half an hour before adding more fluid; about five more quarts.