Re: Modern transmissions??

Posted by HH56 On 2009/8/1 18:31:11

I drove a 51 with Ultra throughout high school and never was a car so mistreated yet be so reliable. Granted, it couldn't get out of its own way when trying to keep up with Hydramatics or almost anything else but it wasn't for lack of trying on my part--hence the abuse it suffered.

Out of curiosity, when you say it just stopped after 50 miles what happened. No high, no low, no DDrive or no nothing? Did the company in Arizona also re-install it in the car or did a local garage. Aside from a major internal breakage or not replacing something marginal, the only thing I can think of in such a short mileage failure is the throttle linkage totally out of adjustment when reinstalled. Probably the single most important thing yet the one usually overlooked or messed up due to lack of understanding how critical.