Look what I found.

[Unkle Krusty]

Replacing the cork gasket on the 727. Next time I will get a pan with a drain plug.
This 5/16 steel ball was on the shifter side. Gear box has been working fine, thanks again to Doug.
I looked at it, and shifted it, and it seems fine, and I can see a steel ball in place. So I think this is the ball I misplaced two winters ago. I thought it was somewhere on tne shed floor and not quickly findable. So I got another one. Maybe this stray ball feel down into the 727, and dropped to the pan when I turned it over. If that is the case, then the fix is easy. I put the pan back on, minus the steel ball. I just have one question. How many balls does a 727 have?

 

[R413]

Different number in different years. Shift kits have you take some out.
The balls cannot just fall out.

If it works fine then run it.

 

[Kern Dog]

The next time some dude tries to buy something of mine at some cut rate price, I'm going to drop a ball bearing down the ATF dipstick tube just to screw with the guy.

 

[kiwigtx]

The next time some dude tries to buy something of mine at some cut rate price, I'm going to drop a ball bearing down the ATF dipstick tube just to screw with the guy.

That's just evil.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

I will have a closer look at things today, including the shift kit instructions. Will likely keep the steel ball outside and run it.
Would have a different idea if I had not lost one when I had it apart. We used about 2 Quarts of ATF last year, all leaked out.
I tightened the bolts and that slowed the leak mostly.
The 727 is working just peachy, which includes launching and retrieving my tin boat. In two weeks we will travel tne same road that caused me concern a few years ago. We now have more power, and 727 that shifts to first on demand, and stays there. Sweet for both up and down hill.

 

[Davefinan]

A 727 has a lot of balls !

 

[mrhemi]

The next time some dude tries to buy something of mine at some cut rate price, I'm going to drop a ball bearing down the ATF dipstick tube just to screw with the guy.

Way back in the day when I was an apprentice instrument technician, worked with an annoying old dude (called Batman for some reason). Every time he would have some instrument torn apart on his work bench I would always add a few parts to the pile when he wasn't looking. I also emptied the pencil shapener shavings into his pipe bowl. He was just that kind of guy.

 

[Dan64]

Way back in the day when I was an apprentice instrument technician, worked with an annoying old dude (called Batman for some reason). Every time he would have some instrument torn apart on his work bench I would always add a few parts to the pile when he wasn't looking. I also emptied the pencil shapener shavings into his pipe bowl. He was just that kind of guy.

Reminds me of a story my Dad told me about a prank he and his buddies played on a fellow service member back in the late 50's. One of the guys bragged that his parents bought him a new car but it was a VW bug and most were not familiar with them back then. He told all of them that this was the latest and greatest thing getting a lot more fuel milage than their old worn out heaps. He boosted that he would reveal exactly how much at the end of the week as he was tracking it. Everyday my Dad would add a half gallon or so to his tank. The guy told everybody on base it was getting around 150 mph.