ID for a cable shift transmission?

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paulclark

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Is there a way to determine from the outside if a cable shift 904 or 727 is from a pushbutton, console, or early column shift car, or do you have to open it up and look at the valve body?
 
paulclark said:
Is there a way to determine from the outside if a cable shift 904 or 727 is from a pushbutton, console, or early column shift car, or do you have to open it up and look at the valve body?
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You never really "know" what's gone on inside the case.

The number stamping on the pan lip (drivers side) can reveal date and application.

Trunnion flange

Park cable housing on the tail shaft housing

The rooster comb on the valve body changes over time as well

Hope that gets you closer to what you need immediately.
 

The date code list I found only goes back to 65. https://mymopar.com/downloads/transguide.pdf

I have a cable shift 727 from a Poly A engine car, was hoping I could use it in a 64 pushbutton car.

Sounds like pushbutton had the second park cable on the tailshaft while console/column did not, is that accurate? I've heard of swapping in the valve body from a pushbutton transmission into an early column/console unit, which suggests it's not accurate.

I had assumed the trunion flange jsut indicated early/late transmission, but is the PB different from early console/column?

Sounds like I will be looking at valve bodies regardless.
 
paulclark said:
The date code list I found only goes back to 65. https://mymopar.com/downloads/transguide.pdf

I have a cable shift 727 from a Poly A engine car, was hoping I could use it in a 64 pushbutton car.

Sounds like pushbutton had the second park cable on the tailshaft while console/column did not, is that accurate? I've heard of swapping in the valve body from a pushbutton transmission into an early column/console unit, which suggests it's not accurate.

I had assumed the trunion flange jsut indicated early/late transmission, but is the PB different from early console/column?

Sounds like I will be looking at valve bodies regardless.
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I'm dangerously ill informed on this, but, the valve body is not the only difference in the pushbutton cases. The galleries cast in the case vary as well.

Give me the numbers. Tom Hand's book index goes back to 1960

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I have two cable shift transmissions here, both with cables attached to the tail shaft, which I interpret means they are for pushbutton cars.

One is a 904:
2402004

The other is a 727:
2464424

Looks like pre-65 date codes
 
WV64Signet said:
Double check that if you could.

I'm seeing 2408001 through 2408006

For 1963

2408001 - 3 are 904s
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Ahh- it’s a big block bellhousing, didn’t realize that. Maybe the 904 instead.

My hope was to keep the pushbutton but install a 360, guessing an early TC with adapter weight will be the way to go.
 
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