Dry transmission fill can be as much as 10 Quarts if it was really
dry, fill a few, let it idle, do some more and let it idle until it
gets close to the full mark and warm. It should prime even if the
converter was dry.

But, there are tangs on the pilot shaft of the converter that has to
be lined up with the pump in the transmission body before it will
engage the pump when you bolt it to the flex plate. If you missed that
engagement you have some new problems. If you have already bolted it
together and run it with fluid in it, unhook a cooler line and see if
the pump is working. If you get lots of fluid the pump is working and
connected correctly and should move your car when primed/full.



"BSAKing" > wrote in message
...
>I recently had to rebuild my 1976 corvette SBC engine since the
> camshaft was badly worn on it.
>
> After a few challenges (since I am just a weekend mechanic pushed
> into
> service when I cannot avoid it), I did manage to rebuild it and get
> the engine back in.
>
> It seems to run fine pending a bit of a tune, but now the
> transmission
> will not engage to move the thing. I can shift and it all feels
> normal, but no movement at all.
>
> It is a 350 automatic, 1976 vette, 350 SBC.
>
> I did have to pull the rad and disconnect all of that to get the
> engine in and out. I also had a bit of a mix up trying to get the
> wires on the starter solenoid correctly and I may have shorted the
> B+
> to the car in the process, but all lights, etc work.
>
> I did put the bolts back in to couple the engine to the
> transmission.
> Yes the tranny has appropriate fluid. I was working just fine before
> I
> had to remove the engine....
>
> In the meantime I am going to jack it back up and drop the
> transmission shroud to recheck those bolts (3) hodling the engine to
> the transmission.
>
> But I suspect something else, but have no idea. Does anyone else
> have
> any clues as to what else I could have disturbed in the process? Any
> insight appreciated since I very readily admit to being an amateur
> in
> all of this.
>
>
> TIA, BSA