mr. p, if this trans works, could you do a little symposium of the original trans and all the trials and tribulations it took to get the bugs worked out ? i feel this may help others who are thinking of using an a500 or a518 avoid your mishaps. thanks in advance if you may consider this !
Sure... this last one the stator support was the
wrong one.. they have 2 different sizes of input
shafts.. 1.175 and 1.245.. I had the large support
on the small shaft.. I checked all the ports and
seal ring locations but I didnt check that ID on
the support.. I just looked to see if the bushing
was in good shape... I had Scott come by and he is
the one that spotted it.. the other trans had a few
mishaps during assembly.. one time the torrington
bearing for the OD.. that trans did last about 400
miles till it fried the OD.. then one clutch too many
in the OD.. and one time the over running clutch was
put in up side down).. but when it fried the OD it
put metal threw out the trans and conv.. I failed to
send out the conv for cleaning(forgot about it).. the
one that was in it the last time it had high shift
points and no down shift.. had all the gears.. but when
I tore that one down all the friction disc in the reverse
clutch were gone... steel on steel.. still dont understand
why that happened(that trans I had a shop go through it)..
but I really wonder what they did.. it looked like the trans
had about 3/4" of water in it the way things were rusted up
I have no idea where that came from.. I know it wasnt like
that when I had it apart.... but the trans thats in the car
right now is 100% stock with the original pump on it which
does fit the 727 conv.. I found that the 88-91 518 was just
OD and the pump lugs fit the 727 conv.. in 92 they went to
the OD and LU and changed the pump to use the big lugs for the
conv