TCI Transmission is bad

Good lord. It's a Torqueflite, TCI... It's not a particle collider! If you own a basic set of tools, along with a dial caliper, feeler gauges and an internal snap ring plier for the tailshaft housing collar (i've seen people do that with two flathead screwdrivers), you can build an amazing transmission.

I've gone through four torqueflites for a few people. One with TCI's kit and had absolutely no problems with any of them. The first one that I did, had the TCI kit and after finding a local source that sold kits with Raybestos clutches in them for $90, I was won over on parts quality and price.

The TCI kit worked fine when I checked everything for thickness, inspected hard parts and replaced seals. It seems like their kits are ok, although a little overpriced and there are better parts out there for the same money or a little less.

After reading this thread, I will never purchase anything from them again, even to do my own work. These people need to start paying attention to simple inspection. If you inspect parts, measure your clutch, rings and snap ring thickness, snap ring gap and clean everything well, it's a basic install that simple mechanical knowledge can manage.

I don't understand how a torque converter could have destroyed a pump, unless it was installed wrong. The pump drives off of the grooves on the outside of the converter. If it doesn't engage, you have a hell of a time getting the transmission mated to the engine. That sounds like a snake oyl perpetuated line of crap coming from a rep trying to protect profits.

It makes me wonder if I should wire gauge my Comp Cams jets I just bought to make sure they stamped them right, if Comp Cams is placing outfits like this on the market.