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Your post showed two different transmissions. The first picture has the shifter in the middle, pictures 2 and 3 have it at the rear.

That Maverick was a 4 door with a straight six. It was so plain, it looked like a taxi except for being white. It had those huge bumpers they had in the 70s. Before going off road, it ran and drove fine but it was an appliance car like we have everywhere now.

Dang. The FORD reminded me of one that I did kill. 1975 Maverick. I was given the car when the owner tried to tune it up and screwed up the firing order. I had no intention of keeping it. I just wanted a car to bang around off road. It lasted less than three hours. Going down a hill, I...

Why would you run stock 6 pack rods with a stroked crank?

Holy crap.... I can clearly see how bent each of those rods are. That is amazing and terrible at the same time.

That is how I've treated the last 2 builds. They are holding together and the oil stays clean too.

I’ll admit, I am not as familiar with the big blocks as I am with the LA series either. I have aluminum rocker arms in the red car. Jigsaw has a 383 but I don’t remember if I put spacers in between the rocker arms. You have hundreds of not thousands of miles in that engine without the...

There are some people that feel that once the cam is broken in, the engine is ready for whatever you intend to do with it. I’ve asked what miles people suggest for “break in” and read responses ranging from zero to 500 miles to drive easy.

I have never had total brake failure but have had one end of the system run dry. Only once have I had a suspension failure. The lower ball joint on my Camaro broke sending the control arm down into the inner section of the rim. This kept it from hitting the ground. All the jumps I did in...

I have never actually wrecked one to where it wouldn’t run. I’ve had rods knocking, had one break, another one break a rocker shaft losing 4 lifters, a cam sprocket wobble almost entirely loose but I’ve never ran an engine to death. I had freeze damage split a Chevy 350. Another 350 developed...

I had 7. One broke in 2006 and allowed 4 lifters to shoot out of their bores. Lucky for me I had a cam swap planned so stuffing the lifters back in mystery holes wasn’t an issue. I’m not superstitious but sometimes things happen that test your faith. My second 440 came from a 1976 Coronet police...

Pfft… YOU would do the same. I should know something in 15 minutes.

Used shafts are plentiful if you choose to search for them.

I never had one until a few years ago. I used Chilton manuals for torque sequences and such. I agree. The flipped shafts may have oiled just as well given the overhead shower of oil while increasing the risk of leaks.

Some will put a box end/open end wrench over the raised rib and tap on the wrench with a hammer. This is right near the end that fits into the block.

The TKO for a 66-70 B looks like this: You can see that it has a cut in the top pf the case between the shifter and the end of the transmission, This is to clear the torsion bar crossmember. The TKX is similar.

I don’t think that many slant six or 318 A body cars ever had the 727 except for taxi cabs. Plenty of trucks had the 727 behind them but not so much with cars. If you can see the transmission drain pan, it looks like this: Again, that is the 727 pan. You likely have the 904. I don’t have a...

Most likely a A-904 3 speed.

The one I had was an early version. the electronics were a bit clunky. The unit would often stay engaged even as I came to a stop. It was annoying. I had 4.10 gears, 3.19 in OD.

That depends on a few things. My initial thought would be that the shorter version is for transmissions with the shorter extension housing and output shaft. MOST don't have that. I don't know that I have actually seen a short shaft 727 in person. The shorter setup would be better for the drive...