Ultramatic not kicking down.

Posted by Chris R On 2021/4/9 10:59:05
Hello all,

I finally drove the convertible for the first time yesterday! We've had her for about a year now so it was way overdue. It was such a great experience.

Anywho, on the drive, the transmission didn't seem very happy. It would shift really early and kind of lug until a higher speed was achieved.

Worse than that, she didn't seem to want to kick down to first after slowing down for a corner and reaccelerating outside of said corner. Again, lugging until a higher speed was achieved.

When I'd come to a full stop, she'd start off in first every time.

I tried looking through the factory repair manual to see if similar symptoms were described and I didn't see anything.

Does this sound like some kind of an adjustment, or is something stuck or broken?

The car is a 1953 300 Convertible Coupe btw.

Thanks guys,

-Chris

EDIT: I should mention that I did perform a forum search before I made this thread. I couldn't find anything that pertained to this issue.

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