I bought a new converter and cant get it installed I had the trans apart so I verified that the input shaft (new billet one) fit. I even installed the oil pump on the bench. It is tight but everything goes in by hand. I have installed converters before but now have at least 4 hours into this one with no luck. I screwed long bolts into the flex plate attach points so I can wrestle with it. Turned it back and forth and bumped it on the sides with the plastic mallet and rocked it. Tried verticle position, tilted and horizontal. Nothing! Any ideas?

 

if you bolted the conv. to the flex plate that is wrong,should be on trans. when it goes together.

 

Didn't do that. Sorry maybe my write up is misleading. BUT, I think i know what is wrong...the Dodge manual says the converter should be 1/2 inch inside the case. On most cars i think thats true, but my measurements disagree. I think the converter when fully seated actually protrudes beyond the bell housing about 1/2 inch. I measured the distance from the adapter on the block to the installed flex plate and got 3/4 inch. My new converter sticks out about 5/8 so I should have 1/8 gap between converter and flexplate before installing the bolts. Anyone else had this problem with a billet converter?

 

As long as the converter can move a bit with the bell tight it has to be in far enough. Make sure because if its not all the way in you will damage the pump.