A855 - 5 Speed

I sure wish my wife's grandfather was still alive. He worked in the dyno room at New Process Gear all the during development and at least the first decade of production of the A-833. I'm pretty sure he could set us straight in industry standard terms. He passed away relatively young, forty years ago, two years before I met my wife. His daughter, my mother in law, always said we'd have gotten along very well.


Have you ever seen a torque rating for the 833? I’ve looked and I have never seen one. It would be interesting to know how Chrysler rated the 833.

I do know years ago I read an article on the 833 and how at least part of it was developed. It said they would build the transmission and then flog it until it failed. They would fix that failure and then flog it again until it failed and fixed that.

I’d love to find where I read that, but that was some time ago and I have no clue where it came from.