What and why did you weld onto the flywheel?
Lol,, there is a pilot bushing that is in the 6.4l cars... that the torque converter fits into that bushing has to be removed for the Durango torque converter and transmission to mount up too.What and why did you weld onto the flywheel?
Well that welder and the slide hammer worked... I could not think of a way to grind that sucker down to hit it with a chisel,, just couldn’t get to it with the Sawzall.. plus I didn’t want to damage the crank.. so kinda had to be careful..Sawzall? I'm being semi serious. Cut through it almost all the way and then tap it out with a cold chisel.
I gotta ask.... what is the "bread trick"?That pilot bushing has been the worse part of this process up until this point. I tried everything to get it out... pullers.. the grease trick.. the bread trick... nothing worked I even bought a 1 inch pipe tap to try that but it didn’t work either... I ended up buying a small flux welder for about $150 bucks and that worked.... along with a slide hammer
Well I have a 2012 Durango RT that I purchased and quickly (like a week later) it developed the Hemi tick. So rather than cam and lifter that, I have purchased a 392 out of a 2012 SRT8 Chrysler 300 to put in it. I have the old 5.7 out and the transmission and torque converter mounted back up to the 6.4. I also have my short runner lock out that I purchased from MMX, on the back of the intake manifold...I just got my Jeep SRT8 Exhaust manifolds today so I can start moving forward with getting this engine back in the Durango. I am doing this project on my own and in my own garage so it is taking me a little time however I have been pretty motivated to get this up and running. Appreciate any suggestions or comments. View attachment 121769 View attachment 121766
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Hey so I’m doing the same swap on my 11 now this weekend. I see the trans doesn’t mate at the bottom. What did you do for that ?