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Thank you! First time for me really getting this deep into a project. As intimidating as it was at first to rebuild the transmission, it's pretty straightforward as long as I'm paying attention as I go.

Thanks a lot! This is my first 'project car', so it's an adventure for sure.

You're not kidding! I sorta laughed when I finally opened it up. I know it had been sitting for awhile but it's seen some hard times by the looks of things.

I'll have to check it out when I get back home tonight. Honestly I haven't paid any attention to them yet, but I'll let yah know.

Output shaft and overrunning clutch remain. The clutch looks good, but the bearings and springs are still getting replaced just in case. The race seems to be in good shape. Then the tailshaft came off. The output shaft comes out, and then the governor housing comes off. The servos still remain...

I know there's an adapter on it, and I think it's now the 4 1/2" big bolt but honestly I'm not sure yet. I'd like to clean them up and use em.

The forward drum will get 5 new frictions and steels soon. The forward planet, sun gear, and shell come out next. The way the planet and sun gears work is amazing to me. That leaves the reverse drum and rear planet. Slide the band back, and the assembly slides out.

Now that the 'front end' of the transmission was out, I could take the individual components off of the input shaft. The pump comes off first. The direct drum follows that, leaving the forward drum and the input shaft.

Now that the TC was off, I could get the valve body off. Before I did that, I notice the fully splined input shaft, so I've got a non-lock up 904. I flipped over the 904, removed the pan, and unbolted the VB. This was my first look inside of a transmission, and much of it is still 'black voodoo...

Since I had forgot to drain the transmission while it was still on the car, I had to take care of that first. A little help from my scissor jacks out of my Dakota did the trick. The sludge..OH the sludge! The pan had 1/8" of metallic goo in it, and the fluid was pretty nasty. Before I moved on...

Through some great FABO posts (Mad Dart's Rebuild Recipe), I figured out what parts I really needed for a stock/slight HD application. I plan on rebuilding the 273 bored .030" over with a better crank etc. I wanted to make sure the 904 was good to go. This is what I ended up with: ATSG 904...

After we moved, I had the 'cuda in her own garage. I thought I was going to have enough room to work on it in that garage, but no. I rented ANOTHER garage to work out of. I needed a workbench first, so I built a 96"x32"x42" bench. F***er weighs a ton, and is great! Next up..transmission rebuild.

Right after I pulled the transmission, we decided to move. That put any major projects on hold for awhile. In the meantime I decided to tackle the steering column situation. The previous owner had swapped the column out for a manual column, and also had a manual steering box on it. This was for...

Next I decided to drop the transmission to get started on that rebuild. Luckily the previous owner just had it bolted on for freight purposes. I had the front jacked up so far to slide the 904 out, it looked like I was popping a wheelie! The staff at Harbor Freight knows me pretty well by now...

After I got the manifolds off, it was time to whip those into better shape. I scoured the FABO boards and found all the help I needed. I got the Bill Hirsch cast iron gray paint as well as the metal prep. I soaked the parts in oven cleaner, hit them with the wire cup brush, and got them back to...

With so much to do it was hard to figure out where to start from, so I just started. I took off the exhaust manifolds and intake to get a better look at the engine. Rough, but that was kinda what I had expected. I knew from the get-go that I was going to rebuild the engine and transmission...

..and "Wash Me" we did. I wheeled it out to the driveway the first above-freezing day we had to get the grime off of her to better see what I had gotten myself into. the dirt just FLOWED from this car. I took all of the parts out of the trunk and back seat to start a basic inventory of what...

After I bought it, I had to figure out how to get it from Idaho to Columbus, Ohio. I found a hauler that would do it for a pretty good rate. I had explained to the broker that I was in a residential neighborhood, and that getting a full size car hauler around my street wasn't going to work. That...

I've been doing some work on my 'cuda, and I'm logging my progress offline with pictures as I go. I want to also share the progress on FABO, being as that is where many of the tips and advice I'm using have come from. These first pictures are what I was sent from the old owner before I bought...