727 problems

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

I took my car out for a cruise last sunday.  After driving for 40 miles 
or so I was pulling out onto the highway and shifted up through the 
gears shifting from 2nd to 3rd at a fairly low rpm.  I thought it had 
shifted normally but after driving down the road for a mile or so it 
dropped into neutral and I had to punch the 2nd gear button and then the 
3rd gear button to get it to shift back into high gear.  When it dropped 
into neutral it also produced a cloud of smoke.  The trans temp had also 
jumped up to @ 200 degrees.
After several miles the temp dropped back to normal, @ 160 degrees.  It 
drove and shifted normally the rest of the way home.  Today when I drove 
it over to the Air and Space Museum it would not shift into 2nd.  I had 
to shift from 1st directly to 3rd.  I checked the fluid level and it was 
a pint low, but topping it up made no difference.
Am I going to be pulling the transmission out next spring when I bring 
it back home?  What do you guys think?
It has a manual, reverse shift pattern valve body.

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html


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