4l80E install. Transfer case does not fit.

[Six-is-Enough]

Re: 4l80E install. Transfer case does not fit.

Looks like more and more trucks are getting 80E conversions. We should have are own 80E section in the drivetrain forum.

 

[autoaddictions]

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thanks i just might do that!!

Congrats on a great upgrade. I was impressed with the trans and the install kit. George and Jeff do good work. If you have any questions and George is not around feel free to PM me. I just did the install 2 weeks ago. I will try to help if I can.

 

[George Blake]

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Here's the lip I'm talking about:

Here's the bolts to trim:

 

[George Blake]

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You guys that get the trans from me. The plate is already on. Don't take it off. Those pics just show detail of what needs to be trimmed. 3-4 threads is about all you need to take off. Just make sure the bolt doesn't bottom out before the adaptor is secured.

 

[autoaddictions]

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Well i installed the 4l80e last night and its heavy. thank god 4 trans jacks. It went pretty smooth with the engine still out of the truck. I did have a hard time seating the tranfer case to the adapter plate it still seems not all the way seated. Hope it does'nt leak. As for the little 2 pin connecter on the back of the transfer case,that thing is so close to the torsion crossmember i cant even plug it in. Mabey after engine bolts up to trans it will free up some space. All being said it was the nicest look trans i ever seen. Looks like George bead blasted it then cleared it sweet lookin finish!! Hope it works as good as it looks!!

 

[skwayb]

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Yah after you get the engine in there and the trans crossmember it will plug in. I just put on in my Ty and there is room there. If you don't plug it in.. no speedo :tdown:

 

[gjp]

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my plug fit too. yeah its heavy. I had to lift it up into place while my wife put blocks under it. Not fun. But boy it looks nice under there. I had a problem getting the lines hooked up. I had to replace the one line fitting with a 45* to make it fit.

 

[George Blake]

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What do you mean you didn't get the transfer case on all the way?
You mean the stock transfer case adaptor didn't seat all the way onto the JSMan plate?
Or do you mean the stock transfer case isn't seating onto the stock transmission adaptor?
Everything fits up tight. There are no gaps. I don't think I understand what the problem is.
Can you take a pic? I just hate for something to get torn up because it wasn't put on right.
I really liked that finish and it will go on all of them from now on. It gets bead blasted with virgin glass bead and then cleared in ceramic high heat paint. It really looks clean and wipes clean if something gets on it.
You bolt the stock transfer case adaptor to the jsman plate and then bolt the stock transfer case to stock adaptor. You do that BEFORE it goes into the truck. Those must sit completely flush togeth JUST like they did before with the 4l60.

 

[George Blake]

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Send me a pic of the line fitting you changed. Post up on here if you can so everything stays in one place.

my plug fit too. yeah its heavy. I had to lift it up into place while my wife put blocks under it. Not fun. But boy it looks nice under there. I had a problem getting the lines hooked up. I had to replace the one line fitting with a 45* to make it fit.

 

[MikeRenz]

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It gets bead blasted with virgin glass bead and then cleared in ceramic high heat paint. It really looks clean and wipes clean if something gets on it.

how many raffle tickets would one need to buy to get this finish? Mine just got this crummy Sharpie Marker finish on it. :lol:

:tup:

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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quit your whining

how many raffle tickets would one need to buy to get this finish? Mine just got this crummy Sharpie Marker finish on it. :lol:

:tup:

 

[George Blake]

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I had kinda hoped there could be a little demonstration on it but I thought it was better to have it as a surprise at the end. You know how most people win something and then wait forever for it? I wanted the winner to get immediate gratification AT the nationals.

 

[George Blake]

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Hey, Mike. You PM'd me but I can't post pics in PM's. Here's good description and pic of your kind of converter. See everything in the red circles? Get some 100 grit sandpaper and clean everything off of them. The center is the most important. Clean it all the way down to the face that the boss sticks up out of. This little guy goes into the crankshaft. Make sure you clean out the crankshaft and put just a little bit of grease. Just a little on the surface is all it takes. The other 3 just contact the flywheel. You want them clean so everything bolts down evenly.
Something I recommend to guys is to check flywheel runout. Take a dial indicator on a magnet and stick it to the engine and then set the indicator on the surface and rotate the flywheel. Runout should not exceed .005". Some people like as little as .002" but .005" is OK. Any more than that and you'll get noticeable vibration.

 

[autoaddictions]

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. You can see at the bottom of the JSman adpter the stock transfer case adpter does'nt sit flush. I did install the rubber oring between them and used some permatex too

 

[MRKING]

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Did you grind down the bolts enough ? I had to shorten my js adapter bolts for everything to mate properly .

 

[gjp]

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Did you grind down the bolts enough ? I had to shorten my js adapter bolts for everything to mate properly .

X2. I would guess the bolts were not down enough. look where the addaptort and the trans meet. You can see 1/2 the bolt hole there. I dry fitted mine 3 times and made sure it was not bottoming out.

 

[George Blake]

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You don't need the seal in there. The rubber seal is too thick. That is a tapered fit. Basically, as the pieces get tightened together, it wedges in perfectly. Just a little bit of permatex was all you needed. I've taken apart MANY 4L60 where the factory puts NOTHING in there.
Did you take the adaptor off of the trans? Why did you do that? The reason I ask is that there is a lot of permatex all over the place where there wasn't before. If it needed a seal in there, I would've put it in the kit. Your good with what you've got. It's equally separated all the way around due to the rubber ring you put in there. It's not just at the bottom.

 

[George Blake]

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In the future guys should just do like Gary said and dry fit your stock adaptor on first and see that it sits flush with NO o ring. Trim your stock bolts by about 1/4" and run them in by hand making sure they don't bottom out against the steel adaptor. That is why the adaptor is made of steel. It is very thin but very strong. You don't need as much engagement as you would with an aluminum setup. I'm trying to stick with using the stock bolts because they have a nice shoulder and an O ring setup. I like it a lot better than a regular bolt. I'm gonna do a pictoral install here soon so it should remove any issues like has happened to various installation in the future.

 

[autoaddictions]

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I didnt remove the jsman plate off the trans!! I did put the rubber oring back in and used permatex too. Geroge shoud i drop the trans and remove the oring?

 

[George Blake]

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Good good. On the pic you can see a lot of permatex that squeezed out and I was afraid you'd removed the plate (which would've required a hammer). No no. Leave it in. Your fine on leaving it in there. You've compressed the o ring equally and it won't go anywhere and it won't vibrate. It just would've saved you some worry if you'd have left that O ring out of there but it doesn't hurt a thing. That finish does look good