727 rear rod

[EccentricMagpies]

This might a correct year issue with the rear rod I have.
Is there a stamp on the trans to indicate the year?

This rear rod linkage does not seem to be correct for this transmission.
There is a rubber bushing in the control lever that seems to only accept this rod from the bottom, and then of course I cannot get a pin in the rod to retain it.

 

[Builderguy]

Yes, there is a date code. For example: PK3681052 4149 3723 The PK indicates Kokomo the 3681052 is the part number and the 4149 is the date code of 12/6/72 and lastly the 3723 is the production # of day made. It is on the thin strip of cast, just above the oil pan.

 

[Builderguy]

I can almost make out some of your numbers. They are located just below where you have the red circle.

 

[EccentricMagpies]

I can almost make out some of your numbers. They are located just below where you have the red circle.

I think this is what I have:

PK3368162 4477 9479

i guess i don't know the calculation to get:
from: 4149 --> 12/6/72
(just read this from the trans thread in saved which was helpful too)

 

[Builderguy]

Day 4477 is Tuesday, October 30, 1973

 

[Builderguy]

Chrysler's 10,000 day calendar Here is a link: https://maxwedge.com/articles/10k.php

 

[EccentricMagpies]

Day 4477 is Tuesday, October 30, 1973

So... This is a 74 charger.. so.. that brings me back to the problem I have with this linkage piece.
Something just doesn't seem right about the fit.

The car has been slowly going back together for the past 3 years. Been to 3 places in that time, so this part seemed missing and I ordered a new rear rod of what I assumed to be correct.

But I suppose I would need confirmation if that rubber bushing is intended to be there, and if so if this rod is just wrong.

 

[Builderguy]

Let me take a pic of mine. It is out of the car so I can get a quick pic.

 

[Builderguy]

No bushing here:

 

[EccentricMagpies]

Do you have a photo of the linkage piece?

I wonder if this is the part i need?
https://www.classicindustries.com/product/all-years/dodge/dart/parts/mp71015.html

 

[Builderguy]

I don't remember it looking like that. I am getting older so I could be wrong. That part is in a parts box and I dont know if it here or at the storage barn. I will check here first. I can get a pic but it might not be today if it is in storage.

 

[PRND21]

I’d try aandatrans.com, 317-831-5610. They have a lot of repop linkage and would know what you need. Camby Indiana.

 

[Builderguy]

Floor shift or column?

 

[EccentricMagpies]

Floor shift or column?

Sorry.. i forgot to add this part.

Floor shift

 

[Builderguy]

This is for a column shift . I think

 

[Builderguy]

Let me find the one for a floor shift, as mine is column.

 

[EccentricMagpies]

I know this is from an A body link.. but it seems like what I need?
lower rod?

seems to mount from the bottom too as mine does... (which I have no idea how to guarantee it to stay in place with a slight snap connection it has)

https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/lower-shift-linkage-rod-for-727.311598/

 

[Builderguy]

Okay, this is what the book shows.

21-30-418 Rod Gearshift control part numbers

 

[EccentricMagpies]

lol... oh wait.. reading further it was actually taken from a post for a, what looks like a 74+ roadrunner

 

[EccentricMagpies]

so.. this part number?




21-30-418