flexplate and torgue converter

[Anonymous]

I need to know as much info about these two as anyone can offer based on that I have a 65 ford mustang 6 cylinder with a c4 tranny cause next week I am going to be removing the engine and replacing the flexplate and possibly the torque converter. I need to know the bolt distance for the converter and how many teeth I am required for the flexplate. and any other specific details about these two parts as anyone can offer. I know my flexplate is a main cause of my problems becuase its chewing up my starters and it might be the torque converter but still not sure.



also I am having overheating problems with the car cause when it gets over 210 I get idle problems when applying gas and when I do apply gas no matter if the car gets to 220 it still fine to drive until I am at rest then the rough idle comes back and wants to die on me. any suggestions


another thing, anyone on any websites have perfect instructions on how to remove the engine, just the engine only. thank you

 

[t-west]

First off, your flexplate doesn't have teeth, but your torque converter does. Flexplates are cheap and relatively easy to replace. I'm not sure what you mean by bolt distances -- do you mean how far apart are they from one another?

If you're going to replace the torque converter, why not pull both the motor and tranny together?

 

[t-west]

A quick measure of bolt centers - looks like about 9 3/8" on the diagonal, 6.5" from one bolt center to the next.

 

[addo]

Havoline, did you verify there was no problem with the thrust bearings for your crank?

 

[Anonymous]

by eliminating with the fact that I have possible problems with the fexplate and then in the past 6 months my car breaks 2 starters at the souce with their gears and even chews some of the housing of the starter. and if it were my crank wouldnt there be powerloss or something related to performance because in the last 5 years nothing along those lines has changed in fact my car has gotten faster and more efficient, not less.


also checked the oil and oil filter for any metal shavings, nothing, but found lots of metal on the starter and area where flexplate is located at

 

[addo]

It seems odd for a flexplate to suddenly move forward. Maybe it'll be broken when you pull it out.