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Truck 727 in an a-body #267825 03/26/09 11:36 PM 03/26/09 11:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun. B busboy OP mopar
busboy OP mopar B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun.	Got a chance to get a small block 727 from a 74 Ram. I haven't seen it yet but will this fit in a 72' a-body? Any reason I shouldn't use a truck tranny? Oh yeah, it's a hybrid.....it burns gas and tires!

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: busboy] #267826 03/26/09 11:41 PM 03/26/09 11:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,430 Florida STAYcation BeEtLeJuIcE ! The village idiot's idiot
BeEtLeJuIcE ! The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,430 Florida STAYcation	Is the 74 trans a 4wd or short tail shaft ?

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: BeEtLeJuIcE !] #267827 03/26/09 11:44 PM 03/26/09 11:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,932 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,932 Grand Prairie,Texas	If it's the long tail shaft then no problem.

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: stumpy] #267828 03/26/09 11:48 PM 03/26/09 11:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun. B busboy OP mopar
busboy OP mopar B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun.	I was told it's the long tail shaft, but I haven't seen it yet. I should get a look at it in the next couple days. Thanks Oh yeah, it's a hybrid.....it burns gas and tires!

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: stumpy] #267829 03/26/09 11:50 PM 03/26/09 11:50 PM
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71 FJ6 Charger mopar 7 Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 403 NE Ohio	Just make sure it dont have the right side boss mount on the tail shaft housing. I did this 5 years ago with a 70 Swinger and a 727 from a 73 Adventurer and ran into that. Everytime you hit a good bump or banged the gears it would hit the side of the tunnel real hard. Luckily a local trans builder had a tailshaft lying around and cleaned it up for me with a new bushing and seal.Free at that! I changed it out in the car in about an hour.Very simple. '71 383HP FJ6 Charger SE

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: 71 FJ6 Charger] #267830 03/26/09 11:52 PM 03/26/09 11:52 PM
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71 FJ6 Charger mopar 7 Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 403 NE Ohio	If you need,I can post a pic of the tail housing with the side mounting boss on it so you can see what I mean.PM me or reply here. '71 383HP FJ6 Charger SE

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: busboy] #267831 03/26/09 11:53 PM 03/26/09 11:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,430 Florida STAYcation BeEtLeJuIcE ! The village idiot's idiot
BeEtLeJuIcE ! The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,430 Florida STAYcation	IF it is a short-shaft .. it is still OK. But you have to change that to be usable in a car.

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: 71 FJ6 Charger] #267832 03/27/09 12:20 AM 03/27/09 12:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun. B busboy OP mopar
busboy OP mopar B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun.	Thanks Bee, if you post the pic here everyone can get a look. Oh yeah, it's a hybrid.....it burns gas and tires!

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: 71 FJ6 Charger] #267833 03/27/09 12:23 AM 03/27/09 12:23 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal	Quote: Just make sure it dont have the right side boss mount on the tail shaft housing. I did this 5 years ago with a 70 Swinger and a 727 from a 73 Adventurer and ran into that. Everytime you hit a good bump or banged the gears it would hit the side of the tunnel real hard. Luckily a local trans builder had a tailshaft lying around and cleaned it up for me with a new bushing and seal.Free at that! I changed it out in the car in about an hour.Very simple. I had the same thing in my 68 Barracuda when I got it. Took me a while (and lots of motor mounts) to figure it out.

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: autoxcuda] #267834 03/27/09 08:27 AM 03/27/09 08:27 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida S scratchnfotraction I Live Here
scratchnfotraction I Live Here S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida	yep,I ran a 727 short shaft in a 68 Dart built a drive shaft with a slip yoke people told me it would not fit,but it bolted right up and cleard the cross member with the bolt on yoke I would do it again... tranny shop looked at it once,then called all the guys out to look at it..they are the ones said it cant be done left some in the parking lot for em never say never with mopar,the A-body 8 3/4 is in my 85 truck now bolts right in

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: scratchnfotraction] #267835 03/27/09 10:01 AM 03/27/09 10:01 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 14,610 Not2farfromNashville, TN R Rug_Trucker I Live Here
Rug_Trucker I Live Here R Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 14,610 Not2farfromNashville, TN	The truck has a long shaft? Like the B body trannies? 833OD's? Like A body 4 speeds are short, so is the autos? I have a 727 from a van-long. Short 727 from a 3/4 ton BB club cab 2 piece driveshaft. No slip yoke "The only thing to do for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" "NUNQUAM NON PARATUS!"

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: Rug_Trucker] #267836 03/27/09 10:07 AM 03/27/09 10:07 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida S scratchnfotraction I Live Here
scratchnfotraction I Live Here S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida	yep mine came from a 76 club cab long bed short 727 long 2 piece shaft worked for me

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: scratchnfotraction] #267837 03/27/09 10:12 AM 03/27/09 10:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	If the pickup is a 2 wheel drive standard cab small block unit it will have the standard long tail shaft. If it is from a 4X4 or truck with a split drive shaft with hanger bearing it will work but the transmission will have to vertually completely disassembled and the long tail shaft and housing installed or like in the above post with the short shaft truck reverse type drive shaft may be able to be used if the but you may also have to work around the park brake drum. Doing this you will have an excessively long drive shaft and it will be very prone to vibration.

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: MoparforLife] #267838 03/27/09 10:19 AM 03/27/09 10:19 AM
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scratchnfotraction I Live Here S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida	mine did not have the park drum...just a bolt on yoke

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: busboy] #267839 03/27/09 03:48 PM 03/27/09 03:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,808 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,808 Rio Linda, CA	The upper tailhousing in the pic below is the truck type with the side access plate, a tight fit in some passenger cars. 5123257-Tailhousings.jpg (79 downloads)

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: John_Kunkel] #267840 03/27/09 04:09 PM 03/27/09 04:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,801 McGregor,Iowa 52157 5 500ciDuster top fuel
500ciDuster top fuel 5 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,801 McGregor,Iowa 52157	I ran one in a 72 Duster and nevr had a problem, they don't have a place to bolt floor shift linkage though. Mitch

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: 500ciDuster] #267841 03/27/09 04:43 PM 03/27/09 04:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club
WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH	Quote: I ran one in a 72 Duster and nevr had a problem, they don't have a place to bolt floor shift linkage though. Mitch Again, easily fixed by swapping the tail shaft.

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: WILD BILL] #267842 03/27/09 09:36 PM 03/27/09 09:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,801 McGregor,Iowa 52157 5 500ciDuster top fuel
500ciDuster top fuel 5 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,801 McGregor,Iowa 52157	I did swap the shaft to the trucktail since I had a B&M shifter and my friend needed a car tailshaft so his floor shift would work in his challenger.

Re: Truck 727 in an a-body [Re: 500ciDuster] #267843 03/27/09 09:49 PM 03/27/09 09:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT M moper I Live Here
moper I Live Here M Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT	truck one hit the floor in the one I tried. I swap them now. Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.

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