Oh yes, the wheel nut. A nice sized quality crescent wrench comes in handy in those situations if you don't have the right socket size.

Also, tractor supply and harbor freight (and lowes but pricey) both sell individual tools and sockets without the whole set, especially in large sizes. Tractor supply seems like better tools. I think it was $8 for a socket large enough to remove the cam gear nut on my 327, which was about 1" 1/4.

+1 on the 25mph.

If you added the trickshift, you're done, no need to work it in or anything. it mixes in with the fluid and you're good to go.

Clean the governor, and if that doesn't fix it, start looking at adjusting your tv linkage or other more advanced diag to see why it's shifting so late. Ross has a quick and dirty way to do it, about setting idle and loosen the adjustment at the tranny and turn it one way then a smidge back or something, i used it on mine and it worked great.

Even pedal to the floor, mine locks up at about 30mph, 35mph at the very latest if i'm on it. About 25ish when leisurely driving is normal for me.

Craig, i didn't realize there was a bolt in ford option.

However, i thought we were discussing trannys with a removable bell and OD, so i thought it was worth mentioning. Obviously, i was ignorant of the fact that a ford tranny would bolt in, and that there was no step of making or adapting a bell. My bad!

"3) 4 speeds (granny low, decent 2nd, direct 3rd and 0.7 OD 4th) is more than enough gears."


Perfect manual tranny, have one in my 71 pontiac 428, now becoming a 462:

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2005/03/01/hmn_feature17.html


The chevy version has always an OD, and the chrysler version can be OD or regular 1:1 4th 4speed. Rebuild kits are about $180 for everything/deluxe kit. Takes a TH350 yoke (chevy one) and 10 spline 1 1/8" input shaft for dozens of clutch options.

I'd be happy with 5PSI boost, i just wouldn't know where to begin jetting the carb to have the right mixture. It would wake up an ultramatic car a bit though!

Edit: Also they seem to be scarce and a chunk of cash.

When you get under and look on the side of the case, you can't miss the governor cover.

If clean fluid didn't help within a few stops and starts, i'd think ross was right on with dirt in the governor.

Your car idles in neutral and park at the right rpm right? Idle not turned up? Have you ever driven the car and not had it stick? If so, then that'd kind of rule out any major linkage misadjustment.

Also, pay attention to the speed at when the converter locks up. That would rule out tv linkage adjustments also. Just food for thought, you're likely just going to be servicing the governor.

Checking with others on what color this element is supposed to be.

Edit: It could have been white at one time, or yellow. Could be a contributing factor, but the oil sample sent to two companies didn't show any garbage or other issues, just one said "accelerated wear" compared to some past samples. Another company said in the norm.

The filter media does look like every other cut open used filter on the internet. I wonder how long it takes for the media to change color.

The Pontiac V8 has an oil filter adapter housing that is not part of the block, it bolts on...i do believe the pressure bypass is there, but maybe it's integrated with the pump? I'm not 100% sure. Either way, i don't think there was any excess pressure in this situation:

Owner states no abnormal pressure readings or anything of that sort. I would think if the relief valve was stuck that the pressure would read higher?

Either way, if it IS a pressure relief issue, it will destroy another filter shortly, regardless of brand.

It's the correct filter for the car for sure, we checked it.

It's the same the driver had been using on the car for years.

I don't think that filter is really that clogged, i think the material is black to start with so it appears dirty to begin with. This car is driven like our packards, it's someone's baby not a race toy.

Pontiac V8, mild build (probaly in the 300-400 horses range, if that):

Oil change 8/25. Castrol Syntec. 4,543 miles. 20 months.

"anything special here? high rpm car? high pressure oil pump?"

"Nope, cortcomp. Same old reliable engine built in the late nineties"


"I've been testing the car a lot, but most cruising is leisurely, low rpms, lambda leanish at around 1.18 or so. Not enough to wash the cylinders of oil, I'd say. But something is up."


Here is the original thread, you can scroll down to the pics, his info starts there. Other than running E85(tuned properly for it), this is a pretty standard 60s-70s V8 car:

http://psp.aquacomp.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5074

I believe that he is banned for the moment, unless he signs up under a new account. I had to post this as i promised i would if the gentleman sent me the filter to dissect. I really doubt that we'll hear any more on the subject, if only because people are tired of hearing of it.

Obviously, we can't know if this was a one off bad filter, or something different about his setup (i doubt it) that caused it, but to widespread say that it didn't happen, and people who claim it did are liars, well that's a bitter pill to swallow when you know better.

Hopefully, others will find and read it, take it with a grain of salt if they must, and consider it when choosing full flow filters.