lines on powerglide

ok theres 2 tranny fluid lines that go to the front to the radiator and i have no clue how to get em off. one fitting is visible and the other is right next to the tranny and its not visible from underneath. soooo do i have to drop the tranny and then take off the lines or the other way around?

unscrew them from the rad

im gonna be able to pull them out when i pull the tranny out?

yea they unscrew from the tranny also

just get a line wrench, it should be like a 1/2 or 9/16

yeah its a 9/16....aight thanks guys.....oh...and theres a line going to the intake that has a diaphram looking thing on down on the tranny. am i giong to need to hook this line up to the 700R4 that im putting in or no? cause i dont see a spot for it on the 700R4

i think that might be a vacumm line

700R4's dont have a vacuum modulator, so you dont need that vacuum line anymore

yeah thats what i thought.....do i need that for the 700r4?

nope

nah just plug it up, or run the line over to your brakes

im just gonna take the line out...what should i plug the intake hole with?

although depending on what year your 700R4 is, you may want to install a torque converter lock up switch so you dont burn it up

im goin non lock up

well you could do it cheep, use that line plug it with a pencil and clamp it, lol or they sell screws, does the fitting for the line on the manifold unscrw?

yeah......im almost positive it does...i didnt take a real good look at it...i know what your talking about. i have some at work.

well you can plug it the old fashion way and put a screw or a small bolt in the vacuum line, or go the parts store and get the little cap that plugs vacuum ports

haha i do too

is that bad that im goin non lock up??? i was told i dont really need it.

cant honestly tell ya, i've always heard that they will burn up without a lock up switch, but i think that's mainly if you do a lot of highway driving

yeah but im talking about a lock up converter..not a switch. im not getting a lock up converter so i wouldnt need a switch anyway.

this doesn't really apply to the swap that your doing, but it's got a few tips. http://www.transmissioncenter.net/SwapInformation.htm

ok, if your going with a non lock-up converter than ya, you'll be fine. i thought you were using the stock converter

nope :)....hey thanks for all your help

so the pre 84 models had 27 spline and need the lock up switch and the 85 and up had 30 spline and dont require a lock up switch??

yeah thats what that page said....

so whats the deal with the switch? how do you hook it up, im just curious how it works

personally i have no idea...im not great with trannys..:)

yea im not too familar with alot of them

uhh it's been a while since i've been inside a 700R4. but i think there's a plunger in the front of the valve body that goes into the front pump with wire's running to a square connector on the outside of the transmission. seems like you jump 2 of those posts or apply 12v to one of em to get it to lock up. what most people dont know, is that on fuel injected engines, you can lock up the torque converter by jumping 2 terminals on the service port. cant remember which ones tho