Thread: bad 350?

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The clutch pack is worn and the piston has to travel a long distance before the clutches engage, this is what is causing the slow engage in reverse. It isn't very difficult to put new clutches in a TH350. If you decide to be more thorough and do new bushings and piston seals, it becomes a fairly difficult job. I do suggest you buy a book on the subject and I do suggest you replace the converter support bushing in the front pump, even if you don't replace the others. It's a fairly easy one to change and is usually the first to go.

As for the bands, there is only one band in a 350 and it provides engine braking when in the 2nd gear detent. It serves no other function.

Cost wise, I just rebuilt my transmission. It cost $270 for a Huges rebuild kit with bushings, $24 for oil, $60 for a mess of parts on ebay that had a front planetary that turned out to be bad as well, $25 for a front planetary set, and $140 for a Hughes Tow Master converter.