Warranty Transmission ?

[RallyeMike]

So an engine replaced while a classic Charger was under warranty will have no Vin stamp on it. Is this also true for a transmission replaced under warranty?

I'm going through my transmission cores to identify them, and the question occurred to me. Anyone know for sure?

[John_Kunkel]

Yes, occasionally you'll find a post-'67 case with no stamped VIN but with a stamped part number...this would be a replacement transmission. Even rarer is a post-'67 case with no VIN and no part number, this would be a replacement bare case.

In a perfect world, the dealer was supposed to stamp the VIN in replacement engine blocks/transmissions but it rarely happened.

[charge69]

My transmission has the correct part no. which is a one-year-only part no. for HEMI equipped B bodies and the last 3 numbers in the part number are on the build sheet. The Julian date for the transmission is the right time period  (Dec. 18, 1968 for a Charger with a SPD of 314) but, the pad where the VIN stamp would have been applied wasn't even machined flat!  Naturally, no VIN is stamped there as no number could be stamped there without the pad being machined flat. No machining there at all. If it was a replacement 727, it would have had to been a warranty replacement pretty soon after the build date to have the right part number and a Dec. 1968 Julian date on it.

Is it original? Probably not but, no way to say for sure. It could be the original. Although the transmission looked original and the dirt and grease on the case looked like it matched the engine pattern, when we rebuilt the 727, there was evidence someone had been in it before as it was assembled incorrectly. I bought the Charger in 1976 from the second owner who had owned the Charger since 1971 and he never disclosed the tranny had been opened up. I really doubt it was him or he knew about it as it worked perfectly for me until 1982 when I put the Charger away to be restored at a future date!

[RallyeMike]

I figured as much, but have never run across one. Interesting stuff. Thanks for the feedback.

[ODZKing]

67 and pre 67 would be a part number and date code, no vin.
I worked for a time in the late 70's at a dealership.  RARELY would they ever replace completely, a transmission or any large part (assembly) like that.  It was always a disassemble and repair or replace.
I'm not saying it never happend. But I worked in parts and I never remember ordering an entire transmission or even engine block for a customer vehicle.
And again, not saying it didn't happen and that was just the dealer I worked at.  We did hundreds of warranty vehicles a month.

[John_Kunkel]

but, the pad where the VIN stamp would have been applied wasn't even machined flat!  Naturally, no VIN is stamped there as no number could be stamped there without the pad being machined flat.

The 727 VIN pad wasn't machined flat like the 833, the pad is flat enough to stamp numbers in the raw casting.