Rebuild transmission troubles

Well Ron, some great tips from the transmissions guys Fishy 68 & Trailbeast on here it always a pleasure to read,but let me put a question to you that nobody has asked yet.

Did you change the torque converter after the rebuild?

The reason I ask is because I went down the same road as you 4 years ago with a 904 that had exactly the same symptoms as you describe.

I had rebuilt a 904 for a good friend after he trashed his original 904 in his 65 Barracuda.
Put the trans back in with new converter, Hey Presto! no drive in any gear!!

After many 4 letter words I did an Öil pressure check. 60 psi in D @ idle, throttle lever all the way foreward. Ok, so the pump is working.
Dropped the pan & once again checked the selector detent segment tab to make sure it had not slipped out of the manual valve. All OK.

Pulled the trans again & tore into it very carefully. Decided that I would not assemble it any other way to how it was assembled.

Trans back in again, new oil & there you go, No drive in any gear.:banghead::banghead:

Things were getting embarrasing. In 2 days time it was my friend's 40th birtday & I had promised him he would be able to take his family out for a drive in his car, so my name was on the line.

OK deep breath, & time to think.

Then it struck me!! Cable shift 904/new converter. I asked my friend to show me the bill for the converter.
Turns out he had bought a late converter for his trans.
In 67 Chrysler changed the input shaft from 18 to 27 splines. The 27 spline converter will fit on there fine & drive the pump until doomsday. But the converter turbine wont catch the splines on the 18 spline input shaft.

Trans back out again, early converter in & bingo. He took his family out on his birthday & also last year took his Barracuda to Sweden with no problems.

Didn't miss a beat in 3000 Kilometers.

This is one mistake I will never make in my life again. Promise.
Cheers. Gaz