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I’ve now put around 500 miles on the rebuild and it’s working flawlessly. Huge difference in car performance the kickdown working properly, creates. Burning a lot of gas though. Can’t get away from hammering down, too often. Upmost joy, seeing it work. Like a little kid, lo !

What happened, looks like someone was in a hurry and didn’t seat your snap ring properly and it let go ? I can see that it’s not seated in the groove

Manuals mention using a socket, rather than a box wrench for neutral switch. I think using separate studs and nuts for the pan bolts is critical. Not only for regular maintenance. It also allows you to adjust the line pressures many times, if need be. Change filter, etc. Without risking the case...

Brake cleaner on valve body internals. I hit it with compressed air afterwards. Left to dry for 24 hours and sure it’s bone dry. Using a Q-tip cleaning swab works very well for the valve body channels. Be sure to hit it again with compressed air and look it over well. Otherwise, cotton can be...

Yeah, good suggestion. I thought of that too. I tried tightening it and loosening it barely enough to move it around. I tried boards keeping it in place. I tried prying it toward the direction it leaks and retightening. It still leaked. It’s gonna be a pain regardless. It’s all one section, from...

You’re exactly right. I messed with it this evening. I’ve come to the conclusion that the remainder of exhaust is going to have to come off. The weight and it being attached back by the tank is just not allowing me to win. If I attach manifold end first. It should be easier to close it up. I...

Yeah that’s the problem. I can feel the space between the flange with my finger to determine if the gap is closing up. But, once I start tightening. It moves and I can no longer see or feel it. The exhaust isn’t tweeked, I just can’t get it to couple together without it going cock eyed.

Damn it. I can rebuild a transmission. But, I can’t seal an exhaust leak. Had to drop exhaust at manifold collector on passenger side for tranny crossmember removal. Tightened the 2 collector bolts twice and the two connections keep going cock eyed from another. Leaving a gap. I tried putting a...

If my car was a daily driver to work. No way, pass it on to someone else. Most of our cars are stored in a safe place and don’t move for weeks or months at a time. I decided it would be stupid to give it to someone else under those circumstances. You can stretch it out, an hour or 2 at a time...

Those things weren’t directed toward you. Just generally speaking. I mentioned a garage in building a motor. I also mentioned these transmissions don’t necessarily need removed. They can be fixed without a garage, without a lift, without removing them. That’s why I went that direction in that...

You can’t be scared to **** up in life. You’ll never accomplish **** in life with this frame of mind. I’ve allowed that frame of mind to defeat me in a couple areas in life. We can’t live this way. You have to have confidence. Refuse to not be influenced by negative people, telling you can’t do...

You only live once. I never did a complete engine rebuild. That’s the only thing I’ve never accomplished, that I wanted to. I’ve done top end rebuilds, etc. But, nothing involved in removing a crank. I know I can do it. I could never do these things. Because, my whole life I went without a...

Thanks, Bill. Kind of you to say. I know exactly what you’re saying. I’ve learned in life, though. We intimidate ourselves with things in general. If we just throw caution to the wind. We often find, things are a lot easier to accomplish than we originally thought. In fact, it can be shockingly...

Now hey, take it easy. Nobody, said anything about reading books. When I said, “studied.” That involved a dozen pictures saved from manuals online, a video and Googled pictures saved to my phone. He he

I believe this video is best.

Yes, sir. That 727 video helped me a ton. Very informative. 904 is identical

I understand this. That’s why you don’t get carried away. A few laps around valves with 2 - 2500 grit, wet. Just enough to clean and smooth. It’s steel

It will go well, bud. Just look over manuals, videos, etc for a couple weeks prior. Save pictures of valve body internals in manuals, etc. What I suggest to anyone. Like mine, it may not be necessary to remove the tranny. You can easily determine the condition of the bands without removing them...

I shared this story. Hoping to help others out there. That are in similar circumstances. These transmissions are as easy to rebuild and adjust as a carburetor is. I love em, lol ! This technology should have never been superseded. Torqueflites are every bit as good as a modern transmission...

Even though I consider myself mechanically sound on a do it yourself level. I’ve never worked on cars for a living or very regularly at all for that matter. Since the day I bought my car. About a year and 3k miles ago. The tranny would never kick down. Otherwise, it shifted well. I tried...