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Jan 28, 2015 | 11:21 AM

Cavu2u

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Torque Converter Questions

I am rebuilding this 1973 L48 engine because it came with the car from the factory, and have a couple of questions.

Is the paint job on this converter original (or typical) from those produced at that time?

And sometime in it's life, a little rain fell.

I think it will be OK to use as is. Do you?

TIA
Steve

Jan 28, 2015 | 11:56 AM

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It looks pretty solid, although if I were going through with it, I'd probably replace it.

New ones start at $20, and SFI-approved ones start at $50. SFI is of some importance to me.

Jan 28, 2015 | 12:12 PM

Easy Mike

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Originally Posted by Cavu2u

...Is the paint job on this converter original (or typical) from those produced at that time?...

Nope. That's from a previous owner. For AT cars, flywheels were installed at St. Louis and did not get engine paint.

Jan 28, 2015 | 04:15 PM

7T1vette

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Looks like something impacted the side of those teeth. If there are no cracks around the root areas of those teeth, it appears to be a servicable piece. You may want to bump-grind any areas of "high" metal at the edges of those two damaged teeth.