General lee TCI trans aaaaahhhhhhh

[bakes]

As some of you know i been busy restoring a friends General Lee , i built a wick 440 for it all the good stuff . we knew that the stock Torque conv. was not going to work with the Cam
11"vac and a trans leak from the case , So we got a brand new TCI street fighter 3000 stall trans package straight from TCI , put it in started it up and it got a major leak from behind the ring gear suspect a bad weld , i just dont get this as this trans is to have been fully tested before it was packaged up :yuck: now i have to pull i all out again

[looneytuner]

Crxp quality sux. I had an appliance repairman make 3 extra trips because of a defective NEW part for a Whirlpool gas range. I'm going to email Whirlpool and tell them they owe him for 3 service trips because of the bad part. The last trip was to install a good new part to replace the new defective part he installed the first time.

[Vigo]

Behind what ring gear?

[4 l-bodies]

Behind what ring gear?
Assuming starter drive ring gear (flexplate).

[135sohc]

The ring gear is welded directly to the torque converter. TCI= total crap inside. Their stuff can be very spotty on the Q/C. I have seen their front band apply levers where the hole for the pivot/mount pin is drilled so crooked you can't even install it.

[bakes]

Yes the ring gear is welded to the TC . pulled the trans out of the car and smoke tested the Tc no leakes so i has to be coming from the front pump / seal yet i can see any that just jumps out . got a new replacement trans on the way
the piss off is i hoping to have car done so i could get back to my life and my lancer i put on the back burner to do this job

[bakes]

Update the front pump seal had dried sealant on the seal lip , we put a new seal in put the transmission back in and all is good .. took the car out for it's maiden drive , Man i built a animal !!!