My '85 Dodge 4x4 has over 250,000 miles on the original engine and transmission, never a rebuild on either, just scheduled fluid and filter changes. That is the old 727 Torqueflite 3-speed, which in my opinion is one of, if not the most, durable automatic transmissions ever built. I have the same opinion of the 318 to which it is attached. Maybe by the late 1990's, Dodge had lost sight of how to build things that durable. Perhaps they got washed up when they dropped the 318 and 727, and came out with the "4.7 Liter" and overdrive automatics.
21st Jan 2007, 10:37
My '85 Dodge 4x4 has over 250,000 miles on the original engine and transmission, never a rebuild on either, just scheduled fluid and filter changes. That is the old 727 Torqueflite 3-speed, which in my opinion is one of, if not the most, durable automatic transmissions ever built. I have the same opinion of the 318 to which it is attached. Maybe by the late 1990's, Dodge had lost sight of how to build things that durable. Perhaps they got washed up when they dropped the 318 and 727, and came out with the "4.7 Liter" and overdrive automatics.