Just bought a 73 Power Wagon with a toasted engine. I have a late model Mag 5.9 and a new car 727 I used to have in my Dart. I want to use these in the truck. I know the tail housing is shorter on the truck 727 (divorced 205) but I need to know how difficult is it to swap out the tail housing/shaft so it will work. Any write ups? The trans I have is a Hughes Performance. If its too involved, I may just take both trans' back to them and have them do it. I also want to relocate the vent so I don't get water in the trans when running in deep water. Thanks in advance.

Greg

Swapping the tailshaft requires a complete disassembly of the transmission since everything comes out the front and the tailshaft is pretty much the last thing.

Swapping the tailshaft requires a complete disassembly of the transmission since everything comes out the front and the tailshaft is pretty much the last thing.

That's what I thought. Thanks.

Greg

Swapping the tailshaft requires a complete disassembly of the transmission since everything comes out the front and the tailshaft is pretty much the last thing.

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The job really isn't that hard though. I'd say that a person who has never torn down a torqueflite before should still be able to get it done in a few hours. You just have to watch your clearances when swapping shafts.

Since it will need to be torn all the way down it would be a good time to freshen it up if the tranny you want to use has a few miles on it.

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The job really isn't that hard though. I'd say that a person who has never torn down a torqueflite before should still be able to get it done in a few hours. You just have to watch your clearances when swapping shafts.

Since it will need to be torn all the way down it would be a good time to freshen it up if the tranny you want to use has a few miles on it.

Really? I'm very mechanically inclined and usually do everything myself, but have never been into a trans. The trans only has about 3000 miles on it, so it wouldn't need any freshing up. It did leak around the tailshaft mount, but the shop thought it was only the vent. Is this possible? I really want to run the vent up to a higher point in the chassis. Would this be doable as well? Not sure where the vent is. Thanks!

Greg

The vent on a 727 is on the pump at the front of the engine. It's the little plastic thing at the top in the center. It is possible to plug that vent and drill the case for a vent fitting. Do a search in this forum for 727 vent and you should get a few threads on modifying it as we've talked about it recently.

You might try searching in the jeep forums for 904/999 vent modifications too. The 904 and variants are just smaller versions of the 727 and the teardown and technical information regarding vent relocation will be the same.

You might try searching in the jeep forums for 904/999 vent modifications too. The 904 and variants are just smaller versions of the 727 and the teardown and technical information regarding vent relocation will be the same.

cool, thanks for the info, all!

Greg

One other thing, but off topic, I just got the truck home and noticed it doesn't have lock out hubs, but does have disc brakes. Its a 73 and AFAIK, they came with drums. Swapped from a late 70s full time truck??? It just has a big nut on the end of the stub shaft. Rear is a 9-1/4".

Greg

A '73 would have front drums standard, but if it has no hub and just a large nut in the center of the lugs, it is a fulltime 4WD axle from a '75-'79 model.