1967 Dodge Dart 270
Hope everyone had a happy holiday season. Determined that the output shaft I picked up from ebay was from a '72 or later A904. I was hoping I would be able to just change out the output shaft bearing but alas, the input side of the shaft has 1 more spline on it so the front planetaries would not fit. I got ahold of Robert at A & A Transmission in Indiana and once we determined he did not have the right output shaft (it is actually pretty hard to find according to him, another 1 year only thing.) I decided to put in a low gear set which takes the gearing from 2.45/1.45/1:1 to 2.74/1.54/1:1. The gear set also goes from the stock 3 pinion to a 4 pinion setup for the planetaries. I figure this will give me more torque in gears 1 and 2 while maintaining the decent highway cruising ratio that compliments my stock 2.94:1 rear end. Parts got here today but so did another 6 inches of snow so I plan to be up bright and early tomorrow to get the transmission back together. Here's to hoping I don't make another $400 mistake due to lack of attention to detail. Will definitely remember to get more pics of the process. Contemplating doing some more in depth video documentation as well. Mostly to share with family and friends.