Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

Yeah. The cracked torque converter hub basically took it out.

One thing also is that this car ran with no kick down for a while. Maybe a few hundred miles or so. Could explain why the clutches were so shot. It was done before I knew that torqueflites had to have one of those to not destroy themselves. When I got the engine and trans it wasn’t there. Took a while to find the correct 4 barrel parts to make it right. It’s also just a 43 year old transmission and it’s just time to give it some life back.

I’ve seen where they put a500 clutch drum in there and it fits fine but I couldn’t find a lot on it and figured it lasted this long with 4 that it would be fine.

What I’m thinking is to get a kit from Oregon performance, or get parts separately that have a good reputation on here, like Raybestos or borg Warner clutch frictions. I think they are .086

Possibly some steels since there was a burn mark on one of them.

Have the kick down band relined
A thrust washer kit.
Babbitt front pump bushing
Tail shaft bushing
All new Gaskets and seals
Perfect circle rings

A tf1 or 2 shift kit. I dont drive it hard so a tf1 would probably be fine. I just want it to hit a little harder and not wear as well as take care of the other problems the 904 comes with...They said something about 2-3 overlap

See if I can find all the end play specs. Never done anything like this. I have seen washers throughout and want to know how to place them or put new ones in to take up the slack and where they go.

I think I’m gonna leave the gear set in and just be easy in it. New fluid and seals with good maintenance should help it live as long as I need it to and they are not really hard to remove if it became a problem. I’m just glad I’m aware of the condition of them and the rest of what the inside looks like

Thoughts on this plan?