Re: Ultramatic - 1950 Transmission Fluid

Posted by BH On 2011/12/8 9:28:34

Hmm, a friend across town with an unmolested, unrestored 1950 Brand-X survivor never seems to have a problem with its 6-volt system - except for the radio, which probably just needs some caps. Of course, one of the first things he did when he got the car out of its long sleep was to go through things like the starter, generator and regulator (himself).

Now, when it comes to ANY transmission, a fluid change is a reasonable and inexpensive first approach at solving a problem, but all the friction modifiers in the worlds won't do any good if a unit that's been rebuilt just a few years isn't going into any gear.

If you wanna fix it, get someone to hook up a set of pressure gauges and run the tests per the manual.