Re: 1964 Dodge 440 727 Pushbutton

[Jerry Toporek <jdtoporek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good stuff.  Thanks.  No one says anything about difficulty backing
the cluster out of the case, so I guess I need to look again and try
harder.

This does confirm that the park cable housing is crimped into the
retaining bracket, as I suspected, and I'm not going to have any luck
freeing that up without getting the thing completely out.

On the tranny end, John DeV. reports that he couldn't get the access
plug off.  I had the same problem.  I believe it is a 1/8"NPT pipe
plug actually, and the internal Allen cavity rounded out almost
immediately.  I didn't want to unbolt the entire housing if I could
avoid it.  So, in desperation I pounded a 7/32" 12 point box wrench
onto the head of the plug, and that worked perfectly!

Back at it tomorrow.

jt

On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM 62-65-mail-list-club-Gary-H
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>
> There are some photos and text on this page that may help. Hopefully more specific details will come from 62-65 members here.
>
> https://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mopar-push-button-transmission-park-cable-tech-tips.html
>
> Thanks,
> Gary H.
>
>
> >  -------Original Message-------
> >  From: Jerry Toporek
> >
> >  I am trying to replace the parking lock cable on the pushbutton 727
> >  transmission.  I have the transmission end removed.  That wasn't hard,
> >  once I figured out what the FSM was telling me to do.  The dash end...
> >  I'm looking for encouragement.  I am trying to remove the pushbutton
> >  control cluster so I can detach the park lock cable.  The FSM says to
> >  pull off all of the buttons, except the Neutral button.  (In fact, the
> >  Neutral button doesn't pull off, so don't try too hard.)  Now the FSM
> >  says to carefully "work the control cluster out" of the support
> >  chassis.  Has anyone done this successfully?  The hole behind the
> >  Neutral button isn't big enough for it to just slide out.  Is it
> >  supposed to be possible to twist the whole thing so that the Neutral
> >  button can find a gap big enough to come out?  I'm not having any luck
> >  doing that.  It's actually out far enough that I am able to release
> >  the end of the cable by pulling the little hitch pin.  But getting the
> >  cable housing out of the support bracket is another matter.  If I
> >  could get the thing all the way out, I ought to be able to break it
> >  loose, but I can only get a pair of channel locks on it awkwardly, and
> >  it won't budge.
> >
> >  If anyone has done this, and has any clues to offer, I'm happy to listen!
> >
> >  Thanks...
> >
> >  jt
> >
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