Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

Why make it so complicated? Throw a cheap overhaul kit in it and a pump bushing and call it done. A band off ebay for $15 free shipping. Don't replace the tail bushing. Whatever rings are in the cheapo overhaul kit. No thrust washer kit; just shim the selectives to take down the endplay. Stake the pump bushing. You talk overkill on meaningless parts but won't post more pics of the planetaries. Forward frictions are not .086. That's just more meaningless info. Do you really think the cheap kits are bad? There are no bad kits out there. You want to ignore the planetaries but talk about an A500 drum? You already took this trans way too far apart. With that and the way you're talking about parts, I worry that this will not go back together right and work properly.