Re: 727 problems

[Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx>]

i would say 2nd gear is out. you could try adjusting the bands. jeff











--- On Fri, 10/22/10, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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