Weather was cool enough today for me to get some work done, so I took out the th450. Everything went smooth except the cooler lines. The previous owner used about 6 pounds of red loctite on the connectors and they're not coming off. Theres some poor craftsmanship at the radiator end of the cooler lines as well so i just cut them and declared them scrap. I dont expect generic brake lines to be expensive so i'll just bend some up when i put the 700 in.
I was surprised to find the 700 is almost the exact same length as the 350, I was really expecting the 700 to be longer. Looks like the tail piece of the 350 is longer than it needs to be, maybe thats for a reason. My 700 is from a mid 80's chevy half ton, I think. Tonight Im gonna read all about wiring the TCS to lock up by itself in 4th, the way to do it without the brake and vacuum switches.