Re: Modern transmissions??

Posted by gary On 2009/8/1 18:58:31

Heres my story; i bought the car knowing the tranny needed help. it would have forward or reverse motion for maybe 2-3 minutes, and then nothing.We were able to load it on the trailer this way. It was repaired as I said, and we (my mechanic and I) reinstalled it. Throttle was replaced in as close to previous position as we could do, tho I have to admit, we didn't know there would be any sort of precision issue. Are you referring to what nowadays would be throttle valve cable adjustment? Anyway, as I said, we drove the car (very gently) for approximately 50 miles over a couple of days and just as I was getting my confidence up and driving it home for my wife to see, I started to feel the transmission slipping and within 3-4 miles had the same lack of power transfer that it had when i bought it. On the way to it's failure, i could rev the motor and the transmission would have the slightest pull; i was able to move it to the curb with this substantially reduced motive force. Over the next few days we could fire it up and the transmission would engage forward and reverse but only go 15-20 feet and it'd be done. Didn't take long before that went away.
A couple of the people i talked to thought maybe the shop missed the front pump- I wouldn't know. Certainly would like for a Packard guy to have a look. or even a Packard girl....