Glad this thread popped up again, I picked up a BB 727 that's "supposedly" ready to go but it's an early unit with... gah I forget it's something to do with the front pump drive? Which I want to upgrade, watched a Precision Transmission video on the 727 and Rich said that's a must-have update to retrofit parts from a later trans.
If I have good reference material and proper work space I'd be interested in tackling it myself. I think I'll grab a copy of this book.
@VOETOM
Tom, I can't believe it's been 5 years already!
I stopped into a Mopar shop in Covington, Tennessee a couple weeks ago and was shocked to find out that he was making B/RB to A-518 adapters and was pretty knowledgeable. If you can include some more info on this in a revised version, I'd appreciate it!
How much for a bypass muffler for my Dakota? It can be a scratch n' dent...
Thanks JOS51700! My cost to build them is approaching $800 each. The parts are almost $480 and the labor is $250 and shipping is the rest. Since the last election occurred, prices for all of it skyrocketed. Shipping, labor, and parts especially. And boxes to ship them in!
I got my book from A&A this past Indy swap meet.
I just did a 46RE and am about to an a500. I also have the ATSG book on each.
The front section is very much a 727/904 respectively, but it appears that sonnax and superior don't make as much for the 904/500 as I found for the 727 and 518.
Everyone brags about how great 904s are/but I haven't had the best luck with them lasting even in low-po, daily driver cars. So if I build this 500 I want to add some beef up parts to it. This is going in a D150 behind a built up /6.