Some of the guys have old Hollander interchange books that tell what interchanges. Mine isn't old enough but maybe someone with one will see it and tell you what will interchange with the Desoto.
uh...no, it won't. Have you looked at how that transmission works? There is a fluid coupling, which bolts to the crankshaft, and the flywheel is connected by a shaft to the fluid coupling, and the clutch mounts to it. https://www.allpar.com/mopar/fluidrive.html The flywheel you have pictured fits modern engines (from the 1960s-90s)
Well hell, that is my education for the day as I was always under the impression that the clutch was in front of the fluid coupler. I serviced one of those cars back in high school autoshop in the 60's but never touched the trans except to check the fluid level. I think those were where the term slush box came from though as they were real slugs.
Is there any place I can get one that’s cheap ? Because I tried wilcap.com and the flywheel itself comes to about $450 I also tried oldmoparts as well and didn’t get any luck
Around here, that is a really unpopular transmission. Very not high performance. Lots of those engines came with standard transmissions and I think you could find the whole thing out of a later Dodge and change over. Or go to a modern 5 speed OD trans.
First...are you looking to replace the original fluid drive setup, with a "normal" transmission? If so, my answer may not be helping you...because your question kind of implied that you are keeping the fluid drive. Maybe a bit more info would help us, help you.
Or can any mach No I just want to replace the flywheel because some teeth are chipped and my car will make a loud cranky noise when I turn the key so it won’t start at all
Maybe. People have been known to weld the chipped teeth and file them to shape. If there are not to many.
I guess you haven't looked at it yet? You're in for a surprise. btw the ring gear is part of the fluid coupling....
. I haven’t checked but Ima take out the trans and take a look because I know there’s some teeth chipped but I at least hope taking it to a machine shop can help rather then buying one
If you don't have a repair manual for those cars, you might want to get one, before you get too far into this project. Or ask, someone might have a few pages they can scan to help you.
As squirrel says, the ring gear is welded to the converter. I have removed them by cutting the welds. I think replacing one would be tricky. The gears are all the same.
Even flipping it would be tricky, but as shown in this manual, a competent shop (or maybe you) should be able to do it.
Jim has it right. BUY a shop manual....you'll need it. As for replacement ring gears, they are 146 tooth and are readily available from Vintage Power Wagons. I will also give you warning about the effort needed to actually remove the fluid coupler as it bolts direct to the crank and there is precious little room for a 5/8 box end wrench and your fingers to get the nuts off....yes, studs on the FC that extend through the crank flange with nuts on the back side. I have never found them rusted or damaged so after you break them loose use a finger tip to spin them off. .
and there are eight of them, eh? Been a long time since I worked on one (almost 40 years), but I seem to recall they really put them together so they would not come apart easily.
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