Recent content by Darrah

Interesting. I agree seals typically have the lip face whatever you want to keep "in", so maybe mine was assembled wrong at some point in its life. Very possible, but as far as I recall, I think every 727 I've ever done has the seal positioned as in photo A. Maybe they went with orientation A...

Image A; I just did one last week.

Driving next to me is frustrating... driving in my blind spot infuriates me. I think it's from previously riding a motorcycle, where you learn to get through someone's blind spot as fast as you can. I have idiots stay in my blind spot for miles upon miles, even when the road has zero traffic...

Looking for a set of factory small block valve covers, timing cover and fuel pump eccentric. Year and condition don't particularly matter, but needs to be 70-up with driver's side timing marks and twist-on oil cap. Just need the few last pieces to assemble a Magnum engine going in my W200. Thanks!

The gaskets work great! I had a hard time getting mine to seal properly and the gaskets took care of the problem. Going on three years with them in service and no problems

I always thought people were nuts when they said their 727 had converter drainback. I never had an issue with the multitude of cars I used to own, but now my '71 Road Runner and '74 W200 both drain back within a day or two. Guess I finally stopped getting lucky with trans that didn't do it.

I switched over to SPI primers/clears and PPG Omni or Shop Line basecoats a few years ago. For my son's truck I'm currently doing, I'm trying out Tamco for everything. They're a local company and I know a few guys locally that have used them extensively. I sprayed the epoxy primer a few weeks...

I would definitely do a cooler. I used a trans cooler from a 2000's Ford Ranger. It's stacked plate design, has a nice mounting flange and was much cheaper than aftermarket. I mounted it to the support in front of the radiator to get good airflow.

Funny enough, I just added a bearing to mine. Mine is a '71 floor-shifted car and I installed the box without a lower bearing (or seal for that matter). About two weeks later, I installed a lower unit bearing, not because of anything steering related, but to keep the hot air from blowing up...

Mine is just like Greg's.

What part of the box is welded? I don't have pics of mine, but I just purchased/installed it last month.

My experience as well. My belt is tighter than I'd normally like, but if it stops the belt squeal, I'll take the tradeoff

Mine had a tremendous amount of noise with one power steering pump, but significantly less with the one I'm running now. The pump shouldn't impact it, but it was definitely the case. The only thing I could think is maybe the "clocking" of the hard line entering the box makes a difference, as I...

My kids bought me an Everlast 200ES for Father's Day last year, and it has been great. I run 75/25 and have done everything from sheetmetal to welding in a new section of rear frame on my truck. It's a pretty impressive little unit. I've run .023 and .030 through it so far, haven't had a need...

SER205 is the one I just installed. Amazon SER205 1" ID, 52mm OD.