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Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 #1586422 03/01/14 06:00 PM 03/01/14 06:00 PM
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RockChip OP enthusiast Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 294 Minnesota	Can a guy cut the bottom off the bell on a 727 or will this make it week? Sorta like a GM trany.

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: RockChip] #1586423 03/01/14 06:07 PM 03/01/14 06:07 PM
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'72CudaRacer top fuel ' Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,054 Mooresburg, Tn	You have too if you run a Milodon Super Stock pan and want to put the covertor bolts in. I cut it back about 1", between the two lower cover plate bolt holes. Use a hole saw in the corners to make a nice radius, then remove the rest of it. Never had a problem. Brian

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: '72CudaRacer] #1586424 03/01/14 06:12 PM 03/01/14 06:12 PM
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70dusterjohn top fuel Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,613 Deerfield, Ohio	Quote: You have too if you run a Milodon Super Stock pan and want to put the covertor bolts in. I cut it back about 1", between the two lower cover plate bolt holes. Use a hole saw in the corners to make a nice radius, then remove the rest of it. Never had a problem. Brian That's how we did ours !

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: 70dusterjohn] #1586425 03/01/14 06:17 PM 03/01/14 06:17 PM
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Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: '72CudaRacer] #1586426 03/01/14 06:21 PM 03/01/14 06:21 PM
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RockChip OP enthusiast Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 294 Minnesota	Thanks again

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: RockChip] #1586427 03/01/14 06:32 PM 03/01/14 06:32 PM
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Guitar Jones Paddle faster! I hear banjo music! G Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,671 in a cattle trailer down by th...	I have relieved mine also in a similar way but I wouldn't recommend hacking the entire bottom off like a GM trans. They were designed that way and still crack from time to time. "Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind" '92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion. '74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion. 2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: Guitar Jones] #1586428 03/01/14 06:47 PM 03/01/14 06:47 PM
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RockChip OP enthusiast Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 294 Minnesota	I was wondering if they crack, GM has a flange cast in that I'm Shure helps a lot.

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: RockChip] #1586429 03/01/14 07:08 PM 03/01/14 07:08 PM
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mshred master M Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,425 Toronto	I cut mine right off at the bottom, similar to a GM trans, but radiused more. Hutch does this with a lot of his 727's (I have a 904) to gain access to that area and to diagnose leaks a little better, and he recommended I try it when my trans was apart. I am glad I did it, and it will be something I do to every torqueflite I build from now on

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: mshred] #1586430 03/01/14 07:56 PM 03/01/14 07:56 PM
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RockChip OP enthusiast Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 294 Minnesota	That's exactly what I wanted to do.

Re: Chopping bottom off of bellhousing 727 [Re: '72CudaRacer] #1586431 03/01/14 10:53 PM 03/01/14 10:53 PM
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440Jim I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,932 NC	Quote: You have too if you run a Milodon Super Stock pan and want to put the covertor bolts in. I cut it back about 1", between the two lower cover plate bolt holes. Use a hole saw in the corners to make a nice radius, then remove the rest of it. Never had a problem. Brian Nice to know. It would be nice if the Milodon catalog mentioned this.

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