A904 renew w/pics, tools

KitCarlson said

fishy68,

Thank you for the response, I was looking forward to your post. I learn much, by reading your helpful posts.

I did an air test and all seems well, however the front clutch made the least amount of thud.

I found it interesting that the mechanical design of many parts including the valve body are done in a way, to reduce improper assembly. Parts including springs and spools differ in diameter. I can see from the parts, that the design and manufacturing teams had pride and ownership of the process. For a mechanical device, they rate very high for me.

I may renew the transmission that is currently in my car, after the swap, just because of curiosity and the fun of doing it.

Click to expand...

Thanks Kit. I'm humbled.

The front clutch is generally quieter. I believe it's due to the different design of the return spring mechanism vs. the belleville spring in the rear clutch. As long as you hear it engage and don't hear much air leaking your generally good.

Ma Mopar did do a great job designing the torqueflite. I did my first 1 in 81 when I was a junior in high school auto mechanics with no help but the instructor, who was a very knowledgeable mechanic but mostly on Fords, and a Motor's manual which doesn't go into much detail. It worked great afterward and I was on cloud 9! A lot of my success had to do with Mopar designing a very simple trans. that even a 17 yr. old kid with only about 1 yr. of wrenching under his belt can do.