56J Ultramatic
Posted by Troy Taylor On 2015/7/4 9:36:01
I had the Honor to be ask to rebuild the transmission for the 1956 Golden Hawk Ultramatic 56J on this rare 1 of 12 paint schemes.
The owners had a local transmission shop rebuild for 3k and got no warranty of work when they made their complaint of operation. You could not find any drive gears in the tree and the only way to go forward was to hit reverse and shift up and you would grab a lower range. In addition the car would not shift and had very low torque and was very dogy.
Upon getting the trany out, the throttle lever was way out of adjustment and did not have all detentes in the shift lever. no gaskets, slapped together with black silicone and stacks of multiple washers to make incorrect bolts fit. what a mess, I cant wait to get it apart and see what all they cobbled up on the internals.
I took a spare 56 ultramatic from a Patrician, and converted it over to a 56J. The customer was very, Very happy, to be able to go from Park to forward gears. In addition they stated that the car has Ten times the torque and power that the car has every had.
The car is now getting ready to head to St. Louis for Nationals. This was a privilege project.
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The owners had a local transmission shop rebuild for 3k and got no warranty of work when they made their complaint of operation. You could not find any drive gears in the tree and the only way to go forward was to hit reverse and shift up and you would grab a lower range. In addition the car would not shift and had very low torque and was very dogy.
Upon getting the trany out, the throttle lever was way out of adjustment and did not have all detentes in the shift lever. no gaskets, slapped together with black silicone and stacks of multiple washers to make incorrect bolts fit. what a mess, I cant wait to get it apart and see what all they cobbled up on the internals.
I took a spare 56 ultramatic from a Patrician, and converted it over to a 56J. The customer was very, Very happy, to be able to go from Park to forward gears. In addition they stated that the car has Ten times the torque and power that the car has every had.
The car is now getting ready to head to St. Louis for Nationals. This was a privilege project.
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