727 torque convertor swap

smokinnjokin said
Thanks all for the good advice! I did recently freshen up the trans in car, has deep pan with drain bolt and shift kit, did a fresh tailshaft bushing.. but I will absolutely take the opportunity to do the front seal and shift shaft seal. And I have a spare slip yoke to pop in there, good idea.

Just so I understand, is this just too keep the converter from falling out while I am wrestling with/balancing the transmission on the jack... then when I get it in position and ready to mate back up, I remove the bolt?

I see you got this question answered.
A 1/2 or 9/16 box end wrench bolted to one of the bell housing bolt holes works perfect to keep the converter from accidentally falling out while moving it around.

One other thing is to pack some assembly grease or even vaseline into the back of the front seal before it goes in.
This keeps the spring inside the seal from jumping out on installation.
Or, at least check after it’s installed to make sure the spring isn’t hanging around the stator before the converter goes in.
Seen that trash a pump in a hurry.

smokinnjokin said
Got the transmission out, what a pain. TTI headers and H-pipe hug very close and required some acrobatics to tilt transmission out without taking the entire exhaust system off.

Just a FYI.
A new pump bushing is always recommended with a new converter.