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

Posted by Charles On 2010/8/18 22:03:56

Thanks Ross,

I'm glad I'm starting to understand this transmission more. I agree with you about the low band. I reached up before I removed the valve body and I believe I felt that little plate (you can see them on my valve body) that goes on the band was moving around. Since you say this fast action piston is supposed to get the bands attention, I'm guessing it stayed up once it hit the lever and there was no resistance.

Getting low and reverse would be great so I could at least move the car around. I checked the pan and I didn't really notice any debris in it, or the inlet filter screen. I'll check more carefully next time I'm out by the car.

I'll go with using brake fluid. That way I can clean with a little power from the aerosol too. Thanks for that.

Do you have any suggestions for holding the levers up when I put the valve body back? I do not have the special holding tools. Last time I did it, I remember just using brute force and quick reflexes with a little shifting. I don't think I have that in me anymore at my advanced age of 34. LOL. Right now I'm thinking of cleaning the outside of the trans really good and using duct tape. Any thoughts?

The manual mentioned not to clean the ball bearing in gasoline. Where is the ball bearing? I didn't see it in the parts list. Maybe I'm getting it confused with the earlier trans I was reading about...