Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard

Posted by Charles On 2010/9/14 20:51:59

9-14-10

OK Ross...once again your wisdom astonishes me. I think you are on the right track with the shift linkage.

I reset the bands to the 20 lbs torque and 1-3/4 turns back.

Tried again and paid more attention. Park...nothing. Neutral, with engine rev,...nothing. H idle lowers and wheels move forward. L "clunk" and idle noticably lower than in H and wheels move forward. R this time I slammed it down and "clunk" and the wheels went in reverse! Tried a couple of combinations of gears and I was able to get reverse every time by "slamming" the selector down. Looks like the next step is to lengthen the selector rod a little to give it more room to get reverse, even though I got it adjusted so the gear selector pointer is right in the middle of H like it is supposed to be.

One thing I did notice is that when going from h to L I hear and "feel" the difference. When I went from L to H, the idle sounded the same as if it was still in L. Maybe it takes a little longer to have it move out of L into H than I gave it? I tried to wiggle the selector in the H area to see if I could make a difference, but I couldn't. I didn't give it too much time though, maybe 15 seconds.

Also when I went from L or H to neutral the wheel spun. If I hit the brake and took it back off, the wheel still moved. If I rev the motor the wheel spins much faster, but not as fast as in H or L. Is that normal with the wheel off the ground?

Thanks for all your help! I'm really close now! Maybe this weekend I'll show it off at the local car show! LOL...just kidding...