RE: 727 problems

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jeff.  Well as far as I'm concerned what goes on inside an 
automatic transmission is voodoo.  But as I recall at least the band 
adj. is done from the outside with the transmission still in the car.  
I'll give it a try nest spring when the car comes out of "storage".  

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html


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> --- On Fri, 10/22/10, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > From: Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: 727 problems
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 11:01 PM
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> > I took my car out for a cruise last sunday.=A0 After
> > driving for 40 miles=20
> > or so I was pulling out onto the highway and shifted up
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> > gears shifting from 2nd to 3rd at a fairly low rpm.=A0 I
> > thought it had=20
> > shifted normally but after driving down the road for a mile
> > or so it=20
> > dropped into neutral and I had to punch the 2nd gear button
> > and then the=20
> > 3rd gear button to get it to shift back into high
> > gear.=A0 When it dropped=20
> > into neutral it also produced a cloud of smoke.=A0 The
> > trans temp had also=20
> > jumped up to @ 200 degrees.
> > After several miles the temp dropped back to normal, @ 160
> > degrees.=A0 It=20
> > drove and shifted normally the rest of the way home.=A0
> > Today when I drove=20
> > it over to the Air and Space Museum it would not shift into
> > 2nd.=A0 I had=20
> > to shift from 1st directly to 3rd.=A0 I checked the
> > fluid level and it was=20
> > a pint low, but topping it up made no difference.
> > Am I going to be pulling the transmission out next spring
> > when I bring=20
> > it back home?=A0 What do you guys think?
> > It has a manual, reverse shift pattern valve body.
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> > Paul L.
> > '63 Sport Fury
> > 440/727
> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
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