# i need help **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 13, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690 "2004-04-13T21:52:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2000blackta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/54ee81/32.png) [@2000blackta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2000blackta)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/1 "2004-04-13T21:52:36Z")
ok, i’ve been posting on LS1Tech all night about this and i just posted in domestictech as well, so maybe the third time is the charm. I am about 90% done with my TC install when i go to bolt the flexplate back to the converter and realize that the bolts that TCI sent me won’t fit through the stock flex plate. So i try to use the stock ones and, oops, they go in so far and then get completely loose again, no good there either. Does anyone know what size bolt i can use to bolt these two together? What ive gotten from LS1Tech, was that i am going to have to drop the tranny again, drill out the flex plate, bolt everything back up, and then go from there. I by no means want to drop this tranny again because all of the bell housing bolts are up and snug and they are about as much fun as getting a root canal to get back out. So can someone please help me out with a different way to fix this? PLEASE! ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/2 "2004-04-13T22:02:10Z")
i am sure pewter will have a answer for you ---
**Author:** ![2000blackta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/54ee81/32.png) [@2000blackta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2000blackta)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/3 "2004-04-13T22:09:14Z")
> _Originally posted by slowcamaro_ > **i am sure pewter will have a answer for you** i’m hoping. i am so pissed right now that if he doesn’t im seriously considering just saying fuck this car ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/4 "2004-04-14T06:00:13Z")
i ? why TCI!!!GIVE ME A CALL 1-800-680-2959 BRIAN!!! ---
**Author:** ![2000blackta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/54ee81/32.png) [@2000blackta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2000blackta)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/5 "2004-04-14T15:55:21Z")
i was wrong about the bolts. They won’t go into the converter, not the flexplate. I checked it again this morning. When i tried to reuse the stock bolts, i think that i may have stripped a hole, but i’m not sure. I bought some new, slightly smaller bolts today, and borrowed a tap set just incase. If this doesn’t work, then i give up.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/6 "2004-04-14T15:58:40Z")
then take it to jj’s i am sure they can fix it ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/7 "2004-04-14T16:04:04Z")
> _Originally posted by slowcamaro_ > **then take it to jj’s i am sure they can fix it** > yeah, not like its far from monessen ---
**Author:** ![2000blackta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/54ee81/32.png) [@2000blackta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2000blackta)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-help/165690/8 "2004-04-14T20:53:06Z")
THEY WENT IN!!! After a little trimming and finessing, they went right in. No need to retap or anything. And I mean those suckers are IN there! Thanks for the suggestions though they are greatly appreciated!🙂