Re: Ultramatic Internals

Posted by BigKev On 2009/2/3 15:13:35

Because the gentleman that told me the story was not a 'Nut and Bolts" guy as he told me, I am thinking more and more that perhaps that only the torque convertor and something with the clutch discs were changed. Perhaps his preception of "3-speeds" was incorrect. He did mention that nothing changes on the gear selector, so if that is the case, then I dont see how the internal gear arrangement would have changed. So what difference would a Mid 90s Merceds torque convertor made to the Ultramatic? The fact a spline adapter was made makes he thing this is what happened.

It sounded like fantasy when I first heard the story, but the fact a couple other guys said they know of similar conversions out of the Oceanside shop before it closed makes believe it did happen. Just wondering how much or little was done or changed out.

I anyone knows John Bryan, I would like to discuss this with him as it would be interesting to see if there are performance gains from this.

Thoughts?