Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

The thrust washer is stuck to the planets with the trans lube. I have to use a butter knife to remove it because it gets like a sticky vacuum seal to it.

What I’m thinking about doing is taking that extra output shaft that’s unloaded and putting the stack on it. Try to see where the space is coming from.

That’s part of the problem here is that I know all the pieces are in there.

The thrust washers are all new. The planets are original.
Both sun shells and gears behave the same with the same clearance problem.

I think more pictures and measuring is in order. I had to stop not long after I found the issue so I didn’t get too far with it. I would have had them both done tonight if I didn’t run into this.