I want some opinions...
My car right now is original engine and trans....my 727 is about done..slips a lot and such.. its on the column
i was thinking about swapping in a 3 speed on the column (manual is fun
) so i dont have to cut a hole in the floor... what all is involved with this.. id keep the 727 in the garage so i can turn it back original if i so wish...or do you think i should just get the 727 rebuilt?
To do the trans swap you mentioned, you'd have to find a 3/tree column out of a 66 (67's won't fit), as well as all the shift linkages. These aren't re-popped, so you'd have to find a donor car. Then you'd have to get a pedal assembly, clutch rod, z-bar, z-bar frame mount, bellhousing, clutch fork, pilot bearing, flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing and trans.
If you want to drive the car, I'd say get the 727 rebuilt.
67440Dodge Wrote:If you want to drive the car, I'd say get the 727 rebuilt.
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have you ever driven a 3 on the tree car? my coronet used to be a 3 speed, I hated driving it with that shifter on the column.
Alright ill probably just get it rebuilt then.. lol
Plus first gear is not syncronized. Good luck finding a 3 speed that doesn't have broken teeth. Jamie Passon rebuilt my 65 Fury 3 speed manual tranny and I got like $1600 in it. However it did receive lots of NOS parts - remember the broken teeth issue????
Don't know where in Ohio you are, but Jeff Russell in Liberty Indiana would be a great choice to rebuild the 727. Very good and don't believe you will find anyone that will beat his price.
TCI street and strip is less than $1000 from JEGS with warrenty.
duke51 Wrote:TCI street and strip is less than $1000 from JEGS with warrenty.
I got somewhere around that in the transmission Jeff Russell built for my daughter's car. Might have been a tick more, however, that included a steel billet drum! The drum alone is somewhere around $600 and the price included a new valve body.
For safety's sake, I strongly recommend the steel drum upgrade,
markz Wrote:I got somewhere around that in the transmission Jeff Russell built for my daughter's car. Might have been a tick more, however, that included a steel billet drum! The drum alone is somewhere around $600 and the price included a new valve body.
For safety's sake, I strongly recommend the steel drum upgrade,
I have the TCI in a little over 3 years and it works great. Nice solid shifts when driving normal and tire spinning shifts at wide open.
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duke51 Wrote:I have the TCI in a little over 3 years and it works great. Nice solid shifts when driving normal and tire spinning shifts at wide open.
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But does it have a steel drum or a grenade in waiting?
Called TCI and its a steel drum.