Re: HELP! on '54 Clipper

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2012/7/26 11:16:56

Thanks Mal & Kev. I can't believe I didn't get that done when I was there. But, you know, 100 degrees F can mess with your head a bit.


Here are a couple of other questions that I originally posted on my 3-spd OD thread that someone might know more about. They're not so straightforward:

(Modified previous post follows)

1) This thing has king pins? Rats, what's it cost to fix them?
I mean a ballpark number.

2) The clutch does not engage until the pedal is excessively high IMHO.
What does a clutch go for, if there's no more adjustment left and the friction material is toast?

3) The OD balks, needs to be driven a few miles and then only shifts at about 50 or 55, and there's really no "feel" of it going in when you let off the gas, which I'm used to on past 3-spd OD transmissions ('62 Ford Galaxie) Shouldn't it kind of go "clunk"?. Letting off the accelerator after you think it might have shifted is the only way to tell if it's in OD. Kickdown is also hit-or-miss. Any idea what might be causing the need to get the OD "warmed up" and its shifting behaviors after it is?


Sorry about all the questions, but I want to know what I could be getting into with this thing.