RE: 727 problems

[Stan Kafouse <skafouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

You have internal problems a band adjustyment will not do anything for you. It is probably going to have to come out.

--- On Sat, 10/23/10, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: 727 problems
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 1:38 PM
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> 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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> Jeff wrote:
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> > i would say 2nd gear is out. you could try adjusting
> the bands. jeff
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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
> > >=20
> > > 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
> > > through the=20
> > > 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.
> > >=20
> > > Paul L.
> > > '63 Sport Fury
> > > 440/727
> > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
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