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As a side note I had a junkyard sourced trans in there for the 3 months it lasted, this is the original trans I rebuilt to put back in after that junkyard trans died/ a trans I "had to have" out of a u pull because it looked like a very fresh rebuilt/ absolutely clean and fresh machinery grey paint, etc.
when i went to swap pans, and put the original pan back on the original trans, I noticed that the low reverse band there, had alot more "free play" on the apply lever than my original (to the truck) and freshly rebuilt one does.
And I went back and retorqued the new band, etc and rechecked/ recounted my turns out from 72 in/lb more than once. I didn't check how many turns out the junkyard trans was, I may still do that.
I've done a few of these tranny's over the years but haven't done one in a few years. I second guessed myself on this one more than I think I did when I rebuilt my first 727 back in about 1986/87ish.... I don't know why. I kept disassembling and reassembling different things on this one more than on any other trans I have rebuilt in my life. I have no idea why. I had both a 97 FSM and the ATSG book on these exact tranny's open and in front of me the whole way. Not like this was my first rodeo either.