I think my 727 is fried. Now I'm at a crossroads...
Haha, I had the front end kit purchased already, and since the transmission was coming out, I decided to pull the engine/trans/front end as one unit so I could do the front end easier.
What I did to the tranny was pull the old converter and inspect the seal & pump bushing - both looked brand new. However, since the hub on the old converter was badly scored, I swapped in a new converter. I also plan to re-route the cooler lines so that they're away from the headers. I'll probably do that in the next couple of days but I needed to get the car out of the shop so I could get my trailer out of my front yard (HOA circling above like vultures).