trans problems
do you have to remove trans. from the car to change the levers and will this fix my problem with the 2-3 shift.
You keep saying levers but it's just one lever just so you know. I haven't tried changing one with the trans. in the car but I've read it's possible. Just drop the pan and valve body, take off the starter and torque converter access cover and back the front band adjuster screw off a bunch. Then using a 1/4" drive ratchet with an extension, go through the lower pass. side of the bellhousing/torque converter area you take out the pipe plug that is screwed in to hold in the lever mounting rod. When you take the plug out you can then slide the lever mounting rod forward with thin blade needle nose pliers until you can get the lever out and then reverse order to put it back together.
No guarantee this will fix your problem because if you read earlier posts you see there are a few other things that can cause your problem. You have to dig into it to find out what the problem is.
Whatever you do don't take the word of the person that told you to just adjust the bands and be done with it. If you do that I can guarantee you'll have it out to rebuild it pretty soon cause shift overlap is extremely hard on a transmission.
BTW: the adjustment you said was on the loose side so if anything that'd decrease the overlap a slight amount. If you tighten it up the overlap will get worse.
Your best bet might be to buy the book below and read up on Torqueflites so you know how they work and how to make sure they work right.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Torqueflite--727-Transmission-Handbook-HP1399/dp/1557883998/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295075271&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Torqueflite A-727 Transmission Handbook HP1399: How to Rebuild or Modify Chrysler's A-727 Torqueflite for All Applications (0075478013999): Carl Munroe: Books[/ame]
