Recent content by Art Bee

Hello ... do you still have this? Thanks Art

She's making metal ... can't tell by the picture, but what does the fluid look and smell like? I restore Mopars for a living and work for a high end shop, I do a lot of 727's (four in my shop as I type this). All the ones I do are already removed from the car and I install them when the car...

Again on the Smitty. They are not hard to rebuild at all (neither are TH400's/350's/C6's/C4's etc) ... although there are some tricks and combinations of parts here and there that make them work better than the average stock rebuild. Go back to the shop and demand your money back.

When you put it in reverse the rear band applies and the direct (front) clutch applies. After that you had no forward drive ... so if the low/reverse servo was cocked in its bore, then the rear band would have been applied (like as if the trans was shifted into manual 1st) and the forward...

If it was creeping forward when not in gear than the forward clutch pack (rear clutch) is too tight, I aim for .030 - .035 clearance when I build them ... and I do a lot of them (727's). So ... now it has slow engagement and seems really soft ... if I read your post correctly. Is the fluid...

Hello. You can go pretty far on a car "body wise" with a small budget. Time is the factor and if you can't afford to "socialize" then you may as well be in the garage working ... besides the little lady always knows where you are. Patience is the key to near perfection results ... and that...

If your talking about what I think you are talking about ... most call them "window fuzzy(s)" ... and some folks call them "cats whiskers" ... or "window sweeps". Am sure you'll hear a few more names for them on here. Hope this helps ... Regards Art

Hey guys. To all that responded, thanks very much for the information ... I greatly appreciate your time and honest feed back. Looks like I'll get a set then. Still not sure if I'll go stroker or not, but in either case I'm just looking for a low RPM engine that makes lots of torque ... I'm...

Hello everyone. Just getting ready to start building the 440 for my 69 GTX and am debating on a set of 440 Source aluminum heads. Can anyone here pass on their experience with these ... the good, the bad and the ugly would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Art

Hi I recently did mine and I used a small fine tip Sharpee white marker that I bought from an office supply store. I used a paper towel to blot off any excess paint, when needed. It worked out perfectly! They also have a silver marker that a guy should keep on hand too ... Good luck! Art

Hi everyone. Thanks for all the replies!!! MY GTX is a non-A/C car. I have owned many Mopar muscle cars over the past 3.5 decades and yes, it is supposed to be orange and not turquois. I think that I will just go with the orange and be done with it. Thank you for all your replies...

I've been restoring a 69 GTX for a while now and am nearing the point where it's time to build the engine. The car was built in St.Louis on Sept 20th 68 (the vin starts with 130xxx), the engine was assembled on Sept 4th 68 and it came with a turquois painted 440HP engnine. It is the "born...

Thanks Detmatt1 ... I'll give it a try ... :) Art.B

Hello again. Detmatt1, the grill and bezels you posted are not from a GTX/Sport Satellite, but are from a Belvedere RR. 69 "GTX" and Donny ... here are pictures for comparison. The first picture shows the bezel that is used with the Sport Satellite/GTX grill The second picture, is the...