Re: Carl's 1952 Packard 300
Posted by Carl Madsen On 2009/6/9 16:11:58
So, draining the converter - my flywheel does not have the opening that the manual describes. I did see a penciled note that "Apr 85 Wheeler" saying that someone named Wheeler worked on the converter in 1985. Maybe they used a flywheel that didn't have all the Packard openings, and now I can't drain the converter.
The two plugs I did find, in the photo #5 I showed you earlier, resembled drain plugs, in that they did little else besides close the gap in which they were threaded. But they did not have a allen head like the manual shows here on Page 25.
So, I can't drain the converter. I bought 14 quarts of trick shift from B&M, and I'm sure that some standard red tranny fluid was in the transmission before. In theory the 4-5 quarts in the converter is still there, I will add 7-8 quarts into the main transmission, and the two will mix. Will they mix happily?
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The two plugs I did find, in the photo #5 I showed you earlier, resembled drain plugs, in that they did little else besides close the gap in which they were threaded. But they did not have a allen head like the manual shows here on Page 25.
So, I can't drain the converter. I bought 14 quarts of trick shift from B&M, and I'm sure that some standard red tranny fluid was in the transmission before. In theory the 4-5 quarts in the converter is still there, I will add 7-8 quarts into the main transmission, and the two will mix. Will they mix happily?
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