Driving home tonight, truck started to make awful noises, pulled over realized it was coming from trans area, got home pulled plate off, and a piece fell out. Truck does not currently move or start now. Looks like bell housing as some minor damage. What causes this? What years of the cummings will this inner change with? How much for a factory one? Its a 93 4x4 518 auto. Thanks

 

Your best bet is look for a second gen flexplate they swap over and are thicker in the area it need's to be .should run around $100.00

 

replaced mine when I did the trans last year. Cummins guy said 1st gen ones are no longer avalible they give you a second gen automatically pn 3975464. seems to me only difference is they are shot peened. paid 200.00 cdn

 

I bought a 2nd gen one from a junk yard, a 94 is exactly the same thickness as a 1st gen.

Dar

 

Got mine from a 2nd gen. The trans shop had just put an aftermarket on the 2nd gen, one man's trash is another man's gold. 25 bucks!! The trans was already out for a converter and I was freakin out because my stock plate had 3 major cracks and I needed to get home but didn't want to drive on it or pull the trans again. Thank goodness for small miracles.

 

Dodge dealer is telling me its $675 canadian? No junkers seem to have any, anyone that does don't want to seperate it from their engine. I'm located in ontario, any help would be helpful, I pulled the tranny, there is damage to the bell housing but don't look bad, flex plate is shredded!

 

I got mine from cummins canada, western division, cheaper than dealer for new one part# posted above

 

Stock Replacement Flex Plate, 2nd Generation Cummins 3975464Pure Diesel Power

http://www.puredieselpower.com/catal...ns-pr-292.html

 

I have a stock 92' plate I removed when I upgraded mine (155k miles). There is nothing wrong with it, I just upgraded when I replaced my converter. If you want used and cheap, I can ship it to you.

Mike

 

Thx guys! I went through cummins at the mack dealer, 130 bucks! Woohoo!!! Be here in the morning! Anyone have torque specs? How do you torque the flex plate the torque convertor? Thx

 

Know how long your end wrench (double box) is, and how much force yer putting on it (fish scale) and do the math.