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Auto body specialties. They have sheet metal patches for almost anything. If I recall, I used the ones for a long bed truck. The short bed is a different size.

Here's a pic of the passenger side. I decided to do a butt weld on this one instead of a flange.

Hey y'all, I figured I'd share a new idea I stumbled across for lower quarter patches for the 63-65 valiants. This may work on other early As but I'm not sure. My 65 needed patches on the lower rear quarters, but only on the last 6 inches or so. Seeing as how that's all I needed I really...

So after driving this thing around for awhile, Im not 100% happy with the shift quality. At light/part throttle, the 1-2 shift is firm and deliberate, but not harsh. Exactly the way it should be. The part throttle 2-3 shift is very harsh and "snatchy". Kinda bangs into gear. At heavy/full...

Got it fixed. Pulled the pan again to swap valve bodies and found a piece of a sealing ring lying in the bottom of the pan, and I immediately knew where it came from... When I intially assembled the unit, I had a lot of trouble fitting the govenor assembly into the output shaft support. I...

So what effect would blocking it have? It sounds like it would make it drop down into kickdown a lot harder, but I also see the potential of a 3-2 flare by doing that also. If it were to relieve all pressure from the front clutch pack before the kickdown band had a chance.to apply it would flare...

Im going to build another valve body. I have a couple of extras lying around. Does anybody know what the shuttle valve does? The reason I ask is because one of my extra valve bodies doesnt have a spring behind (or in front of) the shuttle valve. What purpose does it serve?

I measured thecheck balls so I know those are in the right placces. The TV spring is in the correct location, used the yellow one from the kit. I realized that I didnt disassemble the governor weight itself so I didnt see the spring inside. I measured pressures today, heres what I got...

Okay update. Went back through the valve body. I had the wrong springs in the shuttle valve and in the part throttle kickdown. Checked everything else, looked good and all springs have been accounted for. Even put an original throttle valve back in (the other one had been ground down as per TF2...

The only difference between 12 and 134 is the oil. The temperature/pressure relationship between the two is so close that its a non factor. Shake all the mineral oil out of the compressor and fill it with POE oil and roll with it. OR find somebody with a drum of HotShot and gas 'er up as is...

Thanks Fishy. Thats exactly what I needed to know. Im really determined to get this thing right. All my clutches and bands are engaging correctly so Im on the home stretch as far as Im concerned. The second gear shift felt really good, Im just ready to know what third is gonna do!

Just completed my very first 904 rebuild with a 998 low gear set and TF-2 kit and took it for a test drive last night. Forward and reverse engage fine, but would not upshift from first to second. This morning I backed off of the kickdown cable to the point of not having any tension on it and it...

Why the hell cant I find a slip yoke seal to fit my 904??? The one that came in my rebuild kit was too big, the one I ordered from R A was too big, and the one I just picked up from NAPA was also too big! The recess in the tailshaft measures 2.260" and the replacemtent seals im getting are...

The sealing side is the "wider" side of the seal. Fluid fills the cavity between the piston and the drum, which tries to force the piston out of the open end of the drum. Think of the seal as a one way valve; which end will allow fluid to bypass the seal, and which end will cause the seal to...

Hadda order the whole seal kit. No biggie, was only $11. Went ahead and ordered a direct drum bushing, reverse band, and a manual. Now my next problem is going to be determining/setting the end play since I apparently didnt check it the correct way before teardown...