Can you blow a seal in a rebuilt A-727 by accelerating hard? If that is true, they are pretty flimsy. How do people use these things in competition? Granted the competition ones are not stock, but is this that common?

bwhitejr

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'72 Duster (Performance 360)
'83 Ramcharger (Performance 318)
'80 TrailDuster (360)
'80 D-150 Truck (See Below)
CompCams 252S, Holley 390cfm, Offy manifold
Ported, Polished and Gasket Matched
P4286813 Springs,0.040 Overbore,
0.090 Shaved Head

No, not unless the seal's defective or improperly installed, or there's another problem in the transmission.
Riiight, they're "flimsy".

Find and fix the problem, and the "flimsiness" will go away.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

SSDan,
The transmission place called and said they were going to cover the transmission they rebuilt as a warranty item, but they had serious doubts about it being any parts failing that they installed. They noticed that the wheel wells had particles of rubber in them and that the rear tires were definetly worn more than the same ones on the front. My son tells me that he has done a few burnouts, but never dropped it in drive with the revvs up. I suspect he has held it in 1st longer than I would have. I thought it would take some of the above abuse.

bwhitejr

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'72 Duster (Performance 360)
'83 Ramcharger (Performance 318)
'80 TrailDuster (360)
'80 D-150 Truck (See Below)
CompCams 252S, Holley 390cfm, Offy manifold
Ported, Polished and Gasket Matched
P4286813 Springs,0.040 Overbore,
0.090 Shaved Head

*Whew!*
Crud! You're supposed to clean that stuff up and practice your innocence-face before you take it in!
H'mmm...

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Even if he /has/ been doing neutral drops, I think a seal would be the least likely failure point... I would tend to blame a defective/improperly installed seal.

The 727 Torqueflite is the one of the best transmissions ever. It is even better than the Ford C-6, which is tough as nails.

An internal leak could have developed, internally pressurizing the case and blowing fluid out everywhere. I have seen this happen on Ford C-4 before. It had fluid coming out of the shift levers holes, torque convertor seals, and the tailshaft. Not a little bit, a LOT.

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

I have the same tranny and I know it is tough, even if he was doing neutral drops it should have no problem handling that. I have done it in my 85 pickup and it has handled it just fine. so that shouldn't be the problem.

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I blew up 2 slant 6's...So they are destructable after all.

Hard acceleration doesn't put any more stress on the external seals than normal acceleration. What are the exact symptoms here?

As far as neutral "drops" go- that's a good way to kill ANY automatic. The overrunning clutch isn't made to take that kind of impact loading, and you can grenade the aft end of the case that way (pretty common on 904s, 727ss are a LOT tougher in that area but still not made to take deliberate abuse). Reverse drops will break the reverse band, but aren't as likely to shatter the case.

Holding in first to high RPM- that's tougher on the engine than on the transmission.

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Over filling the tranny with fluid will blow the seals also.

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Plugged vent.

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The transmission shop called (it has taken them 2 weeks). They said they have replaced the seal and are driving it, but now think that the torque converter is the real problem and has been the problem all along.

I guess when it is warranty work, they spend more time trying to prove it was abuse on the part of the owner of the vehicle than fixing the car. Also I think you are not a priority. *&^%!! 2 weeks and I still don't have the car back.

bwhitejr

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'72 Duster (Performance 360)
'83 Ramcharger (Performance 318)
'80 TrailDuster (360)
'80 D-150 Truck (See Below)
CompCams 252S, Holley 390cfm, Offy manifold
Ported, Polished and Gasket Matched
P4286813 Springs,0.040 Overbore,
0.090 Shaved Head

What seal is "blowing", the front seal?
One of the valves in the valve body is for oil pump pressure relief, if that valve is stuck shut or set too high (wrong spring installed) then the front seal would get hit with excessive pressure, especially at high engine RPMs.

As others have noted, a 727 is a strong trans. and if build right, it will handle anything you can throw at it.
DD

Is it hard to rebuild a A-727? It sure looks like a lot of parts, springs, valve and the like. Is that a home garage mechanic type job?

Just in case I have to do it my self.

bwhitejr

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'72 Duster (Performance 360)
'83 Ramcharger (Performance 318)
'80 TrailDuster (360)
'80 D-150 Truck (See Below)
CompCams 252S, Holley 390cfm, Offy manifold
Ported, Polished and Gasket Matched
P4286813 Springs,0.040 Overbore,
0.090 Shaved Head

I rebuilt mine in my basement when I was 16.... trust me, it ain't that bad. I went and bought a book off Amazon, Tourqeflite A-727 Transmission Handbook by Carl Munroe, and it has everything broken down and even covers some modification for race usage and sources for hi-po internals. The book is worthwhile just for the read, and after you look it over, you'll probably feel fairly confident in your ability to rebuild it.

One thing though... while understanding all of the internal workings is nice, you don't really need to be able to understand all of it to rebuild it. It basically just boils down to putting things back where you found them.

A vacationing penguin is driving through Arizona when the transmission starts to slip. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the tranny. He limps to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station. After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town.

He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big dish of vanilla ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands, he makes a real mess trying to eat with his little flippers.

After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem.

The mechanic looks up and says, "It looks like you blew a seal."

"No, no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."

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64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes