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Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 [message #165215 is a reply to message #165075] Tue, 03 April 2012 16:14 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Ken Henderson wrote on Mon, 02 April 2012 18:51


Today I talked to Marty at Maximum Torque Specialists. He thinks the
torque converter is the cause of my problems; he claims the housing CAN
expand enough to take up my 0.125" clearance. I'm still skeptical, but
with nothing else to blame, I'm going to replace the TC with the best one I
can find -- any suggestions? I'll also have the builder of this one tear
it down to see if they can find anything wrong with it.



Contact Dick Lewis at Midwest Performance Converter. He is building a number of converters for some of the guys that have 500 Cad motors.

800-262-2063

http/www.midwestconverter.com

Contact Bob Miller for a review on how he likes his. Sorry, don't have his # with me, but should be in the GMCMI Membership roster.

I'm skeptical also of a TC problem. Are you sure your line bore is straight, and when you plastigaged your motor, was the plastigage even all of the way across the whole bearing. I've seen crank grinders get lazy with their grinding and not trim the grinding wheel often enough to get a flat surface across the crank throws and mains meaning the grinding wheel wears most at the edges and then does not grind flat all of the way to the edge of the bearing surface. Just a thought...


Larry Smile
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
 
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