[elninoalex]

Hey, I just finished my 4.44 swap on my 6th SVX and I have an issue. Hoping someone could help me out. The car is behaving exactly like a manual tranny car with a slipping clutch. The car drives normal until I get on it a little bit and then the revs climb without moving the car any faster. I'm pretty sure there is a Torque Converter seal that's bad or blown off or something. I notice that when I check the ATF level cold, it is high. And then when I check it with the car running and flipping it through all the gears, it is right on the mark. So i think that the TC is not holding the line pressure for whatever reason and the ATF drains right out of the TC after shutting off the car.

My question would be: What needs to be replaced?

Here is more background info which may be irrelevant. It's a 94 SVX that I bought with a broken ring gear in the front diff. I got a tranny and rear end from a 98 Outback. The tranny was missing the TC because the lazy/ignorant person that parted it out just pulled trans off the motor without undoing the TC to flex plate bolts. They also pulled out the stub axles from the front diff as well instead of undoing the spring pins. I would have walked away when I saw it, but I got the trans, rear diff, drive shaft, rear half shafts and rear crossmember for only $100. Worth about that in scrap value. I tried to fit the SVX TC onto the Outback input shaft, but it wouldn't fit, of course. So I swapped over the input shafts and then popped on the TC and it seated right up. Input shaft O-ring and "end plug" were in place when I installed. I've had to swap TCs and corresponding input shafts four times when using Outback trannies. I did accidentally lose some fluid out of the TC in the process and forgot to re-fill it, but I'm sure it wasn't dry. I didn't do anything different from any of my other dozen or so 4eat swaps. The only thing I know about the trans donor Outback is that it had 200K and was t-boned. I bypassed the radiator ATF hoses with a loop so I can eliminate that as a blockage of line pressure. I'll check the internal screen filter next. I'd like to try get an idea of how much to change when I go back in for the next trans drop.

Any thoughts?