If it makes you feel better, I once took a Mopar 4 speed out of my GTX to fix a bad throw out bearing. And I could NOT lift it back up. I had not heard of transmission jacks and barely had a pair of jack stands. I tried lifting it up with scrap lumber one two by four at a time. for hours. Finally I had to call a shop and have it towed and done by the shop. And that was when I was in my prime.
The overheating will be a radiator or a fan clutch. I've never had a Mopar overheat for any other reason. The "throttle rod" has a procedure for adjusting it. Mopar used several different versions depending on the car and the engine, but the short story is that on the later models the adjustment is made at the transmission. You have the "throttle lever" on the transmission with a smaller rod and pivot arrangement on the outer end of it. Normally there is a bolt that you loosen so that the small rod can slide front to rear. With the carb at base idle, you pull the throttle rod forward at the carb until there is no space in the slot there, then pull the throttle LEVER on the trans forward against it's stop, then tighten the bolt. My concern is that the correct van 318/727 throttle rod won't fit the car at all because I think it's one long piece. Hopefully the 904 throttle rod arrangement can be made to work with the 727. All mine have been SB/904 or BB/727 combos. When it holds gear far too long without or before shifting, the throttle rod adjustment is too tight. In other words, the linkage is pushing the throttle lever on the trans too far rearward for the amount of throttle you are giving it so it thinks you are way down on the gas...if that makes sense. Don't run without the throttle rod disconnected, that burns them up quick.
Good to get a 727, though you will have to have your driveshaft shortened if you are going from a 904 to a 727, though there are shorter versions of each.
Oh, I got past the part where you put in the van trans. How did it not need to have the driveshaft shortened? The car 904 is about three inches shorter than the car 727, too much to leave to the slip yoke. I am paying to have my drive shaft shortened by 1.6 inches and even that is too much to stuff into the slip yoke.
@@TnTcreationz Well I hope you had a pro shop do it. Every time the guys on Roadkill garage did it themselves, it resulted in a broke transmission when they drove it hard. Because it wasn't balanced. I think they knew that would probably happen but they had filming deadlines.
Cool project! It’s fun to see the salvage yard pull. Always rewarding to repurpose one to help another
If it makes you feel better, I once took a Mopar 4 speed out of my GTX to fix a bad throw out bearing. And I could NOT lift it back up. I had not heard of transmission jacks and barely had a pair of jack stands. I tried lifting it up with scrap lumber one two by four at a time. for hours. Finally I had to call a shop and have it towed and done by the shop. And that was when I was in my prime.
The overheating will be a radiator or a fan clutch. I've never had a Mopar overheat for any other reason. The "throttle rod" has a procedure for adjusting it. Mopar used several different versions depending on the car and the engine, but the short story is that on the later models the adjustment is made at the transmission. You have the "throttle lever" on the transmission with a smaller rod and pivot arrangement on the outer end of it. Normally there is a bolt that you loosen so that the small rod can slide front to rear. With the carb at base idle, you pull the throttle rod forward at the carb until there is no space in the slot there, then pull the throttle LEVER on the trans forward against it's stop, then tighten the bolt.
My concern is that the correct van 318/727 throttle rod won't fit the car at all because I think it's one long piece. Hopefully the 904 throttle rod arrangement can be made to work with the 727. All mine have been SB/904 or BB/727 combos. When it holds gear far too long without or before shifting, the throttle rod adjustment is too tight. In other words, the linkage is pushing the throttle lever on the trans too far rearward for the amount of throttle you are giving it so it thinks you are way down on the gas...if that makes sense. Don't run without the throttle rod disconnected, that burns them up quick.
Excellent job guys!
That brings back memories of my husband struggling with him swap in our 81 Delta 88 tranney 😂
Good to get a 727, though you will have to have your driveshaft shortened if you are going from a 904 to a 727, though there are shorter versions of each.
Oh, I got past the part where you put in the van trans. How did it not need to have the driveshaft shortened? The car 904 is about three inches shorter than the car 727, too much to leave to the slip yoke.
I am paying to have my drive shaft shortened by 1.6 inches and even that is too much to stuff into the slip yoke.
@@auteurfiddler8706 we did have to shorten the cars driveshaft by a few inches
@@TnTcreationz Well I hope you had a pro shop do it. Every time the guys on Roadkill garage did it themselves, it resulted in a broke transmission when they drove it hard. Because it wasn't balanced. I think they knew that would probably happen but they had filming deadlines.
727 are on the back of big block Mopar engines
@@bryantidwell This 727 came off of a 1983 b150 van with a 318 small block