Kevin If you are looking to sell the converter, I am interested and have a stock converter to throw in to boot. It is almost new as I changed to a 2800 in my 65 Coronet due to a cam, headers, hi rise intake with a holley and some head work. Later Bill Harrison --- On Sun, 4/18/10, Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Torque Convertor > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 6:30 PM > > Hi folks, > > The transmission that is destined for my wife's 64 Polara > 500 ragtop > (coupled to a 383) has a 3500 stall convertor in it. > > The previous owner of the tranny said that it will drive > just fine and, > of course really launch if "Ol what's her name" firmly > presses the > accelerator pedal to the floor. > > What symptoms am I going to encounter running a convertor > with that high > of a stall? Will I still get reasonable gas mileage > or will the > convertor be slipping? > > Apparently the input shaft has been changed so it is > possible to shove > in another new convertor and sell this one. > > On another twist to the same sort of topic, will a lock up > convertor > work on a noncomputer car? Like perhaps a convertor > from a 78 or 79? > > Thanks for your advise. > > Regards, > > K. > > > Kevin R. Merkley > Thunder Bay, Ontario > 64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn) > 64 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible (Cdn) > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > >