Re: Modern transmissions??

Posted by gary On 2009/8/2 3:28:07

As I thought about it more, I remembered a few more tidbits. When i first got the Ultra back from the shop in AZ, it wouldn't drive at all; ended up shipping it back (on their dime, at least) to them for a warranty re-rebuild. It was only when we got it back the second time, that we installed it and it ran the aforementioned 50 miles..

Packard V8: yes, we tried playing with every gear position many times; that's how we could get it to go the 15-20 feet. It just got to where it ceased functioning at all. It's a `53 Patrician, so it's a shift lever,

HH56:the fluid is clean, clear and smells just fine, we used the 12 qts capacity. We didn't try any of the pressure checks, at that point, I just figured given the long and arduous road we'd been on, it should be disassembled. We just removed the Ultramatic for the 3rd time and moved to this point of finding either an experienced packard guy, a rebuilt unit itself or a conversion. Ya know, Fresno's not that far away; ever poked around inside an Ultramatic?...

thanks to the both of you for your information..