Re: Just got back from 1.5 hr drive in my 52

Posted by Ross On 2011/8/18 5:24:39

Congrats on your successful drive--aren't they great cars? I love driving mine.

Maybe you could shoot us a pic of this knob you are talking about.

With Ultramatic in "H" range, you should feel one shift somewhere between 18 and 50 depending on how hard you are accelerating. Your car doesn't actually use any gears in "H", just the torque converter. Somewhere in that speed range a clutch should engage that locks up the converter for efficiency. That engagement can be quite soft but when complete the car should feel like a stick shift car in high gear;ie the engine speed tracks exactly with the car speed and there is no engine running away sensation. That, and if you were going up a slight hill at say 40 and floored it, you should feel that clutch release and the engine speed increase.

Ultramatic and overdrive would be a very special and expensive aftermarket addition so we're all interested. If you ever have the car on a lift a picture of the bottom would tell the tale.