will i hurt my trans?

[chumanga]

ok here is the deal, ive got a rebuilt motor and a rebuilt trans(so no fluid anywhere..) since i need to break in my new cam as soon as i start the car(2000-2500rpm for 30 mins.) and i will only be able to put however many quarts of trans fluid in with out the car running(6 or 7 i think...) when i am in park breaking in the cam for 30 mins with only that much fluid in the trans, since i wont be able to fill it, will i damage anything in the trans? i do have the deep aluminum trans pan from pts(not the really deep one...) though so that will alow more fluid but i dont want to break anything of course and dont know if it will allow enough more...

i hope thats easy enough to understand... THANKS!!!

 

[Lee Thompson]

qts

Convertor is dry except what you could pour in before slidding on the trans and you have a deeper pan? This is what I would do-- pour in 8-9 qts, then fire eng. and have someone helping watch all gages as you keep checking trans fluid. Should be OK.

 

[2quiktocare]

If you haven't got the trans and engine mated yet, add 2 quarts to the converter first and then put them together. Then add 6 to 7 quarts to the trans itself. The shallow alloy pan adds 2 1/2 quarts to the stock pan capacity. If you already have the engine and trans mated and did not add fluid to the converter, then add it to the trans and work in about 8 to 9 quarts. After you get your cam set up, run it thru the gears and make sure you have your trans full.

 

[chris718]

all that nonsense about having the motor at 2000 to 2500 for 30 minutes and especially for the first 5 minutes or youll destroy the cam has got to stop.there is no truth to this whatsoever especially with the valve spring seat pressures with a hydraulic flat tappet cam.start the motor and run it at 1500 rpms until the trans has 12 qs all together aand then raise the engine speed to 200 0or whatever is the reccomendation.i remember someone screaming at me because mty new motor didnt start up right away in my wifes buick saying i was going to destroy the cam cranking it over.hes lucky after 10 minutes of that crap i didnt stab him with a ****ing screwdriver

 

[chumanga]

thanks for the replies, i just unbolted the tc from the flywheel, but the motor is trash now anyways... so what does it matter....

 

[turbot2496]

What happened??

 

[chumanga]

not really sure yet, sounds like a spun bearing, i think my biggest mistake was relying on the pre luber for oil pressure w/o a gauge... but could here oil pumping throughout the motor... it wouldnt stay running unless i kept on the gas so it wasnt for very long i couldnt really make out the sound... so anyways i pushed it back into the garage raised it up pulled the oil pan off, there was no metal in the pan which i think is good but there is coolant and im not sure where the leak is at the moment... but i filled it up with coolant right b4 i started it... so i guess its a good size leak... i used rtv everywhere and new head gaskets and torqued everything down right, so im not sure, going to pull the main caps off today one at a time then the rod caps if the mains are all good... hopefully it was just a crazy sound of my imagination.. =P but its good to say when it did fire it was a beast haha ill find out today if any bearings are spun... and if i have to pull the motor again... it wont take but a month probably if i have to take it to a machine shop... wish me luck