Best Core to start with?

The one on the right without the filter.

My forward drum has 5 clutchs but my direct has only 3.


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you save the converter??
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Yeah I still have it. Is it a lock up?
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should be.as long as the clutches arent burned up in it. I have a C5 that doesnt lockup and it has the C5 VB
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If you have the valve body on the right it is a lockup. Cant say that Ive ever seen a non lockup C5 . Wouldnt a non lockup C5 just be called a C4? To my knowledge ALL C5's are lockup. That was the point in making the C5. I think all C5's were lockup unless the converter clutch/brake is worn out in which case it functions like a C4....more or less.
Keep the forward drum. Check the planetariy carefully. Ive seen a few recently that were shot to hell. ****can the reverse/high drum, the valve body, and the bellhousing. Keep the converter in case its any good and you can sell it to somebody who needs it.
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Keep the converter in case its any good

how do you know its any good without installing it or spending a bunch of $$$$ on it just to find out the clutches are gone

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: 64 TBOLT on 11/20/06 6:31am ]</font>

Wouldnt a non lockup C5 just be called a C4?

not if it has the E2 casting
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I parted out a C5 a few months ago that was a C5, lockup converter, 6 7/8" deep inch bell and all. It was an E2 casting.
Come to think of it every C-5 I have seen has had the E2 engineering number. I still think that being a C-5 means that it has a centrifugal lockup converter, 67/8" bell and that valve body he has pictured on the right. Otherwise its called a C4. C5's are lockup transmissions
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: mikeandnatasha on 11/21/06 1:08am ]</font>

What's the problem with the reverse/high drum of a C5 vs. a C4?
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Wavy bottom retainer and much thicker bottom groove. Makes it difficult to put more clutches in it. You probably can fit 5 if you try but more than that your'e just about SOL.
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