Driving without inspection cover

[spooldup]

If you only drive your syty on the weekends for a few hours do you think it's ok to leave the inspection cover off the torque converter? I would think that it would keep things cooler right?

 

[Captain Morgan]

i dont think its going to cool it off any significant amount, plus I would rather have the added protection from rocks and stuff not to mention keep dirt out of the seal where the converter goes it.

 

[Boosted]

I may be a bit ghetto about this but I can't stand these things. Always in the way, some are a nightmare to remove. I yank them off most of my vehicles, but again, I may be a little ghetto about it... :myclone:

 

[JSM]

inspection cover, what is that????????



42k miles, no issues on ty....

can't even say how manymiles on my other vehicles...

I am just to lazy to put back on, after removign them.

 

[jwaller]

never ever reinstall that thing...mucho waste of time.

 

[Jimmy]

I've run without one forever.

 

[Captain Morgan]

i still go off roading and hop too many curbs to risk doing that yet :lol:

 

[Fred Aldrich]

Keep out of the tall weeds.

 

[SY2932]

Besides, it's cool to watch it spin with the truck in park running. That bad boy really spins quick...

Mike Campbell

 

[myclone]

I take them off my cars/trucks. No probs yet. :myclone:

 

[Sy769]

Never used one on a street only vehicle. I like the cast ones for use on off-road applications.

 

[Boosted]

my logic.....cooling!!
Help to keep temps down.
Don't know how accurate that is but ?

 

[tyndago]

Take it off - leave it off.

If you manage to get rocks up there.... you should be worried about other things....

 

[Lynn D. Brown]

I leave them off all my cars. Haven't seen any problems yet.

 

[ed hess]

fwiw I have the jw ultrabell on my 400. the ultrabell doesnt come drilled out to even attach an inspection cover!

ed

 

[hatrik8]

Re: Driving without inspection cover

Sorry to dig up an old post, but is this the cover that is at the front of the transmission pan?

 

[4C FED]

Re: Driving without inspection cover

Sorry to dig up an old post, but is this the cover that is at the front of the transmission pan?

Yes

 

[TYRODD]

Re: Driving without inspection cover

I have mine on both trucks, but I cut out a section so that I can drop the cover without dicking around with the propshaft/starter. Much gooder :tup:

 

[gjp]

Re: Driving without inspection cover

Mine wont fit on my truck anymore.
Besides, I like to watch my pink converter spin.

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: Driving without inspection cover

I will put in my :2cents: With the torque and violence of our boost launches I am leaving mine on to provide as much rigidity to the tranny case and driveline as possible. I have a cast aluminum tranny oil and I am reusing the Inspection cover. I have cut holes in the inspection pan and I have to grind the edge abutting the cast aluminum pan to make it fit.