Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciate it. monte, what an epic battle with the tranny brother. Talk about perseverance, way to go!

From my preliminary research I've come to the conclusion that I need very little work to perform the Lockup T.C. upgrade. I'm in a bit of a different situation from monte and KevinC. Where they did this swap for a 4 cylinder turbo setup, I'm doing it for my 1989 6 cylinder AutoTransmission. I won't have to go through the trouble of swapping transmissions, I think I'll just need to swap out a few parts. I'll run through it now with you.

  • Lockup Torque converter
  • Fluid pump body
  • Inner pump gear (I believe this is the Drive Gear)
  • Outer pump gear (I believe this is the Driven Gear)


This is a screenshot taken of a technical service buliten sent to me from BigBlue. There is a line in there towards the bottom that specifies the non-interchangeable parts between 1989 & 1990 torque converters. This is why I believe I'll only need to swap out a few parts as opposed to a whole transmission.

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Last edited by Jay Ayala; 06/08/15 09:19 PM.

89 Raider - V6, Automatic, rear LSD, A/C Retrofit, Cruise Control Retrofit.