Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

Oh I know exactly what you mean because even a congenial level-headed person like me can turn negative..like when this trans gets installed and doesn't work right...grrrrr. I care more about this trans working right than some medical professional somewhere cares about his patients living or dying. I assume that the op is an intelligent person and would be predisposed to enlighten himself with reading material if he saw fit. He didn't think so apparently..and neither do I. I can tell from his posts that he is capable of rebuilding this trans with the information he already has. Trouble is; he has too much. He's been advised to replace the tailshaft bushing. Nothing to it; right? There's a lot to it and he's probably going tomess it up. Bottom line it doesn't need replaced. He thinks a little flaking on the front band is ok. Would you advise him to replace it? I would and I did. What about spending over a hundred dollars for a rebuild kit? My opinion is NO. Wanna start slapping different gears in it? Oh great; more stuff to go wrong. And when things go wrong, people get frustrated. And when people get frustrated...they make stupid mistakes. What should he do with his belt if it has to come back out?