Save more money, drill a couple holes and either sheet metal screws or pop rivet the weights on. lol
a little sealer or a little drip.
a little sealer or a little drip.
sorry I had to disagree there this seems more like a how to spend your money thread than a how to save it...Save more money, drill a couple holes and either sheet metal screws or pop rivet the weights on. lol
a little sealer or a little drip.
He has a 904 and above link is for 727.My bad, I said 80 but they are 70 bucks shipped....
[FOR SALE] - B&M External Balance Flex Plate Small Block 727 Part #10236
flex plates don't know what transmission is behind them. I've gone from one to the other using the same flex plate.He has a 904 and above link is for 727.
Correct B&M flex plate would be 10239
www.jegs.com/i/B-M/130/10239/10002/-1
Thats good to know!flex plates don't know what transmission is behind them. I've gone from one to the other using the same flex plate.
got to watch the bolt pattern of the TC, thoughThats good to know!
could be right in the B&M situation, but I know I've used the factory flex plate on bothI think if you check the difference between the 10236 and 10 239 is the outside diameter. I believe the 236 is 1/4 inch or so bigger in diameter and therefore there's a chance it will hit the starter when used with a 904. I might be wrong but I doubt it
Don't you ever get tired of making up false facts? Good Lord every time I post I got to think to myself how much of the stuff don't I catch? Yes it ate my cheap dipstick lesson learned. I pulled the intake manifold off after pulling the pan off and not finding nothing. And found a couple pieces up in my gallery. (I don't call that a teardown, I call that a look-see)What does that have to do with the price of tea in China again? Get your junk put together so we can watch your junk fall apart as jab kicks your butt! is this about a flexplate? Start buying $5 weights and stop buying $100 flexplates! you spend your money on the wrong things...Wasn't my 6000 dollar stroker that ate the dipstick and had to be torn down.
but I haven't bought any flex plates, I have the factory ones balanced.....Don't you ever get tired of making up false facts? Good Lord every time I post I got to think to myself how much of the stuff don't I catch? Yes it ate my cheap dipstick lesson learned. I pulled the intake manifold off after pulling the pan off and not finding nothing. And found a couple pieces up in my gallery. (I don't call that a teardown, I call that a look-see)What does that have to do with the price of tea in China again? Get your junk put together so we can watch your junk fall apart as jab kicks your butt! is this about a flexplate? Start buying $5 weights and stop buying $100 flexplates! you spend your money on the wrong things...
It seems like there would be a way of doing that also just like what's done on the torque converter? Like where to space weight exactly to do it, just like drilling a flywheel?but I haven't bought any flex plates, I have the factory ones balanced.....
they didn't "weld a certain amount of weight" and call it balanced. They welded a plate of steel, then they spun it maybe 200 rpm's and balanced with a "light meter". Then they slightly removed weight using a drill. Kind of like tuning a guitar. A lot more precise than welding a certain hunk of steel in a spot.It seems like there would be a way of doing that also just like what's done on the torque converter? Like where to space weight exactly to do it, just like drilling a flywheel?
Well of course I naturally assumed they had a laser precise measuring process at the place you took it too and paid to have it done. I was just asking if there's any information out there that you may have heard of just like there is information for counterbalancing a flywheel or balancing one and there's information for putting the weights in the correct area for a torque converter?they didn't "weld a certain amount of weight" and call it balanced. They welded a plate of steel, then they spun it maybe 200 rpm's and balanced with a "light meter". They slightly removed weight using a drill. Kind of like tuning a guitar. A lot more precise than welding a certain hunk of steel in a spot.
Unfortunately, not that I've heard of. In fact, I've never ran across anyone else that had their factory flex plate balanced. They all use either B&M flex plate, weighted converter, or had the assembly balanced during rebuild.Well of course I naturally assumed they had a laser precise measuring process at the place you took it too and paid to have it done. I was just asking if there's any information out there that you may have heard of just like there is information for counterbalancing a flywheel or balancing one and there's information for putting the weights in the correct area for a torque converter?
The weirdest thing for me was I got that 360 and 727 combo that had been rebuilt. The one that I put in the Power Wagon and drove to Colorado. When I had it apart it had no weights on it? That's when I went to my 360 torque converter for an old car that had and chiseled the weights off and Welded them on.Unfortunately, not that I've heard of. In fact, I've never ran across anyone else that had their factory flex plate balanced. They all use either B&M flex plate, weighted converter, or had the assembly balanced during rebuild.
I did this about 20 years ago, when I bought a TCI converter, then went from a 340 to a 360. I asked the machine shop I was using what they could do with my flex plate, and they said "no problem". Man was that 360 smooth.... weird, even with a rough idle cam it was smooth. you could hear the "thump-a-thumpity-thump, but that motor was dead still. They got me 45 bucks back then, and I thought that was a good deal.
LOL.. he was right! An instant, cheap, rough idle cam if you have a 360: Chisel the weights off the converter … LOLThe weirdest thing for me was I got that 360 and 727 combo that had been rebuilt. The one that I put in the Power Wagon and drove to Colorado. When I had it apart it had no weights on it? That's when I went to my 360 torque converter for an old car that had and chiseled the weights off and Welded them on.
The guy said he bought the truck as a complete rust bucket and drove it home and felt it had a cam in it? I think it was just shaking from the missbalanced torque converter.
The old converter was on 904 car in very unknown condition and the one I was working on was for a 727 4×4.LOL.. he was right! An instant, cheap, rough idle cam if you have a 360: Chisel the weights off the converter … LOL
Question: why didn't you just put your converter in it? Save the chisel and weld job.
Also I find life is never that easy for me...The old converter was on 904 car in very unknown condition and the one I was working on was for a 727 4×4.
Also I find life is never that easy for me...
I have junk that's been sitting for 20+ years that I haven't touched - just in case I'm thinking it's in my near future to go through and sell or scrap about 3/4's of it. Yes, there are a few converters as well.....LOL I questioned why I saved that pile of junk converter till that day. still got it just in case...
I have junk that's been sitting for 20+ years that I haven't touched - just in case I'm thinking it's in my near future to go through and sell or scrap about 3/4's of it. Yes, there are a few converters as well.....
no, I've never welded weights on . I've always gone the other way and got a balanced flex plate.Any 904 high stall converters with 360 weights welded on???
no, I've never welded weights on . I've always gone the other way and got a balanced flex plate.
lol... I thought I answered that in above post...No, I was asking if you have any in your parts pile...