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Ken Yo
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 09:45 pm, by:  Ken Yo (Khangz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I've heard a torque converter is good. Our V8's don't come with it right? Does anyone know how much these things go for? Thanks
Matt Shields
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 09:58 pm, by:  Matt Shields (Smokeyvip) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

oh dear.
Miles Baker
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:01 pm, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dude where's my car
Ken Yo
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:03 pm, by:  Ken Yo (Khangz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

que?
Scott Casey
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:12 pm, by:  Scott Casey (V8soarer_1991) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.lextreme.com/tc.html

http://www.lextreme.com/tcwork.html
Ben Lipman
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:13 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ken,

google torque converter and have a read. All modern auto gearboxes have them where the clutch would be in a manual. That's all you get for free...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:15 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=torque+converter
Boris Siljanoski
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Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 12:48 am, by:  Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought of replying "oh dear" before clicking on it, and first reply was "oh dear".

Anyway, Automatic boxes use a torque converter.
Ken Yo
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Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 12:55 am, by:  Ken Yo (Khangz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

meh, I just spoke to a guy who told me I should put one in, I'm not even mechanically minded. I was just telling him sometimes the car feels sluggish when I put the petal down when I change lanes and he suggested a torque converter.

Some days it goes quick others it takes a second or more for the gear to kick down.
Aiden Cheese
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Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 02:37 am, by:  Aiden Cheese (Chillpen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

He's probably suggesting you REPLACE your EXISTING torque converter. Chances are the fluid is wrong and its stuffed. In one celsior it had been filled by a mechanic with dex3 and when it came out it came out black.

Use toyota for it. Pull out your transmission dipstick and if it says dx3 then you can use it, if it says toyota type (??) then use that.

If you do that and flush it through and its still slugging THEN MAYBE you might want to consider pulling your torque converter out and replacing it. But you're looking at some pretty costly mechanical repairs at that point at a dealer. Hence why i suggest throwing 80 of liquid at it first.
Matthew Sharpe
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Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 10:36 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't forget to flush the headlight oil while you are at it.
Boris Siljanoski
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Monday, May 31, 2010 - 02:00 am, by:  Boris Siljanoski (Z2tt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Could be many other things than torque converter, clutches could be slipping excessively

With auto's it's all just guesswork.
Aiden Cheese
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Monday, May 31, 2010 - 01:25 pm, by:  Aiden Cheese (Chillpen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hence start at the cheap easy fix and slowly find more symptoms as you go through the process of cheapest to dearest. I'd still bet money on it being the fluid not being toyota type 4(?) and coming out black.

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