Re: Ultramatic Parts Question
Posted by Mike On 2010/11/20 10:14:25
Reading the attached note over and over again, i'm thinking that these two items (high range clutch housing and reactor clutch housing) are actually in the tranny and not inside the converter? I'm not seeing anything in the converter that would allow the reactor shaft to turn only one way, but of course i'm not putting that part together yet until i pickup the new bushings, so i might have missed it.
Things i know:
My engine/car was made seemingly in January of 1950. I have a rebuild kit including bushings from kanter.
Things i'm suspecting:
If i'm reading this right, there are some early ultramatics that the kanter kit will have bushings that won't fit because they're thinwall and the parts that hold them are different so you can't just put a thicker bushing in. I'm assuming that these parts are inside the tranny and not inside the converter. I'm further assuming that when the tranny shop guy reads this memo or get's to those parts, if i have one of those trannys with thinwall bushings that he'll notice something's not right when being put together, because the kanter bushing kit uses the later thickwall bushings.
Is there a known data cutoff for these early ultramatics with the different bushings and if encountered, are there solutions now (eg you can find the parts needed to convert it or someone sells the thinner bushings)
Lastly, can anyone confirm or refute anything i'm assuming under the "thing's i'm suspecting" area?
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Things i know:
My engine/car was made seemingly in January of 1950. I have a rebuild kit including bushings from kanter.
Things i'm suspecting:
If i'm reading this right, there are some early ultramatics that the kanter kit will have bushings that won't fit because they're thinwall and the parts that hold them are different so you can't just put a thicker bushing in. I'm assuming that these parts are inside the tranny and not inside the converter. I'm further assuming that when the tranny shop guy reads this memo or get's to those parts, if i have one of those trannys with thinwall bushings that he'll notice something's not right when being put together, because the kanter bushing kit uses the later thickwall bushings.
Is there a known data cutoff for these early ultramatics with the different bushings and if encountered, are there solutions now (eg you can find the parts needed to convert it or someone sells the thinner bushings)
Lastly, can anyone confirm or refute anything i'm assuming under the "thing's i'm suspecting" area?
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