i installed my tanny must not have put the torque converter in right it made a scrapeing sound. so i removed the tranny lined the torque converter up right checked the torque converter for play it had play bolted it back up. so i started the truck and it hoged up engine turned over hard but ran smooth. i put in drive and it wouldnt go than i put it in rev and wouldnt go any ideas? thanks

 

How do you line up the converter? I never heard of that. What you should have done was turn the trans on end and spin the converter until it fell in four times. The face of the converter needs to be inside the bellhousing.

You can do a quick check to see if the pump is working. There is a black hex head plug on the driver's side of the trans. This is a line pressure tap. Remove the plug, start the engine, and see if fluid is spraying out. I'll bet it isn't, which means the torque converter and pump are going to have to be replaced.

 

this is truely a rookie mistake. i took the engine out of a 97 4x4 expedition and i put it in a 98 2wd i must of grabed the dipstick out of the 97 witch is to long and it red over full. so i took the pan off and it was almost empty.. so i filled the tranny and it worked... thanks tho and my torque converter only clicks in 3 times not to dispute what you said cus it was all true and awesome advice thanks man

 

double check the fluid bud. if it was installed bone dry, it takes alot. I've made this mistake before

 

A 4R70W takes about 14 quarts from bone dry.

 

is that what the 98 2wd trucks came through with was the 4r70w. and thanks guys for the help

 

Some of them with the 5.4 had the E4OD. That takes about 16 quarts.