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Torque Converter Rebuilders Association
March 2010Issue 6, Volume 8
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As we’ve been reporting, this year’s semi-nar will be held in Dayton, Ohio on May
21st, 2010-May 22nd, 2010. Consolidated Vehicle Converters has graciously wel-comed the entire TCRA organization to be guests and tour its facility as the first por-tion of this year’s agenda. The classroom setting will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday. This hotel is approximate-ly 30 minutes from the Dayton airport and 15 minutes from CVC. The seminar fee includes transportation to the plant tour of CVC on Friday, lunch, Saturday classroom seminar and steak lunch. A reception will also be held Satur-day evening with a cash bar. Election re-sults will also be announced during the member meeting. For members, seminar fees are set at $225 for the first attendee and discounted rate of $175 for each additional attendee.
Elections are next month:Have you made
your nominations?
Mark your calendar, important deadlines approaching
Election ballots will be included in the mailing of next month’s newsletter, but you still have time to make a nom-ination. Currently, we have seven can-didates running for a position on the Board of Directors. They include: Don Randolph, Ed Lee, Julie Maynard, Rick Morris, Tim Prugh, Larry St. Amand and Dennis Sneath. Even though this list already makes the decision diffi-cult, we are encouraging members to continue nominating candidates until April 1st, 2010. This is when the nom-ination period will close and the final ballot will be mailed to each member for voting.
ProcedureInterested candidates can self-nomi-nate or nominate another member by sending an email to Len Wack at [email protected]. If you do not have access to email, you may send your nomination via US mail no later than April 1, 2010 to Len Wack at 96 Deck-ertown Tpke, Montague, NJ 07825. All nominations will be confirmed by telephone.
VotingEach dues paying member will get only one vote. It will be assumed that members will vote at the annual semi-nar held this year in Dayton, Ohio. Not knowing if all members can attend the seminar, provisions for voting prior to the seminar will be made by mailing your vote to Len Wack, no later than May 1, 2010. This will ensure that all votes count.
Holding a position on the board gives you a chance to become more in-volved in the evolution of the organi-zation. Not only are you a voice for other members at monthly meetings, but you also have the opportunity to contour and mold the organization’s path during your term. We are look-ing for participants who are ready to brainstorm and make a difference. This is hardly a beauty pageant, so if chipped nails lead to emergency man-icures and missed board meetings, leave this role for those who want it.
As described in last months article, “Wel-come to the 62TE,” we mentioned the importance of damper disassembly for
proper cleaning. It may sound like extra, unneeded machine work, but the final product will leave you amazed. After several years of rebuilding Chrys-ler 41TE torque converters, I was sure we were doing an adequate job of cleaning. Midwest Converters, Inc. recently par-ticipated in an ultra sonic cleaning test performed by AeroMotive Research, a Rockford-based testing, verification and
62TE Damper Cleaning Part 2certification company. After disassembly of one of our 41TE con-verters, photos and documentation were
provided from AeroMo-tive Research for me to review. They uncovered nearly 12 grams excess metal that was removed from our converter, a nearly unimaginable act. After all, we thoroughly cleaned this converter before assembly. Nevertheless, facts were facts; the debris came from our convert-er. After close examina-tion we discovered the
Spring retainer
For nonmembers, seminar fees are set at $275 for the first attendee and $250 for each additional attendee. You can make ar-rangements with Len Wack by calling (973) 293-8925 or by emailing Len at [email protected] Hotel arrangements can be made by contacting the hotel directly. You can still benefit by booking early and receiving our TCRA group rate of $99.00 (just mention the TCRA); however, this rate expires April 20, 2010, so don’t wait until the last min-ute to book. You don’t want to miss out on this great opportunity.
Hilton Garden Inn Dayton Beavercreek3520 Pentagon Park Blvd.Dayton, Ohio, USA 45431
Tel: 937-458-2650Fax: 937-458-2651
www.daytonbeavercreek.stayhgi.com
Torque Converter Rebuilders AssociationPO Box 2546Reno, Nevada 89505
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Jeff Stuck ........................Presidentjstuck@certifiedtransmission.comEd Lee ..................... Vice President
[email protected] Mann .....................Secretary
[email protected] ..............................Treasurer
Martin [email protected]
Mark [email protected]
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TCRA Looking for Spotlights!
Corre
ction to February Newsletter
We want to address a small error we posted in last month’s newslet-ter. In the article, “Welcome to the 62TE” we mislabeled the stall re-
lating to photos B and C.Photo B should have been identi-fied as a medium stall and photo C should have been identified as
the low stall.We apologize for any confusion this may have caused our readers
and members.
We would like to continue posting member spotlights in the newsletter. If you would like to share how your shop came to be and where you are
today, please contact the TCRAnewsletter at
[email protected] forum gives you the opportuni-ty to show pride in your facility and business, and photographs add a face
to the story. Submit yours today!
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There are so many new converters out of late model cars and trucks
that have no edge left after you cut the core open. If you try to put a ring saver on it then you have a bulky weld that sticks out too far and the weld rubs on the case. We do a bowl build up with our auto welder, which also works on impellers that have not been furnace brazed. If you set your voltage at 14.5, your wire feed between 120 to 130, table speed at 12 to 14 and angle your tip about 20 percent, you can add nearly 1/8 of an inch of material per round. This makes your converter look so much better, and you do not have to turn the OD down. This also works well for building up pilots.
Mark MustardBranting Industries
debris was trapped under the spring re-tainer. This metal contamination could be overlooked and left to circulate through-out the transmission assembly. Please observe the photos and draw your own conclusion. Is it worth an extra 5 minutes to clean the damper properly?
Dennis SneathMidwest Converters, Inc.
At times, reassembly can be difficult and frus-trating. For further info on reassembly, please reference Transmission Digest’s article 9-07.
Tech Tip: Saving a late model core
62TE Damper Cleaning Part 2 continued
Debris