1976 Dodge Mobile Traveler transmission - how many gears?

[zerxyx]

Hi guys, I am the proud new owner of a 1976 Dodge Mobile Traveler. It has a mopar 318 engine. As I have been driving it, the automatic transmission seems to have 3 gears, the one it starts out in when stopped, a 2nd gear starting at about 15 mph, and a 3rd one starting at about 30 mph. When I get up to higher speeds, it seems like there should be one more gear (like an overdrive gear), but it does shift into one. Either it doesn't have one, or it isn't shifting into it. Any thoughts?

zerxyx

[1995brave]

That should be the old Dodge workhorse 727 three speed automatic transmission.

[gbopp]

zerxyx wrote:
When I get up to higher speeds, it seems like there should be one more gear (like an overdrive gear), but it does shift into one. Either it doesn't have one, or it isn't shifting into it. Any thoughts?

You said it seems like there should be one more gear but, it does shift into one. Then you said it isn't shifting into one.
Do you mean it does NOT shift into a higher gear?

I'm guessing you have a three speed automatic transmisson. What is on the gearshift indicator?

[Chris_Bryant]

3 speed is all she has. There were aftermarket over drives, and you can now see why they were popular.