Re: 1955 Patrician - On The Road Again Journey
Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2024/1/11 6:57:48
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Good work. You sound pretty meticulous, so may I suggest installing a seal kit (Kanter sells them) for the trans. There are a lot of seals. In the front, it could be any of these, at least. This will also give you an excuse to disassemble the trans a bit more for cleaning. For example, the planetary assembly is easy to disassemble, but it's important that the needle bearings work as expected and aren't siezed from gunk or flash rusting. It will still spin, but it might damage the gear and shaft races over time if it doesn't dislodge itself.
Speaking of which you can also inspect the play in the bearings. For example the rear babbitt bearing is probably toast in a 90k mile car. You will probably see the babbitt paste somewhere and notice a lot of play, as described herehttps://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=27459&post_id=262768#forumpost262768
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2T300RE wrote:
Everything went extremely well! Ran the car for about 30 minutes. Only leak I found is transmission fluid from the bellhousing somewhere. That will be my job tomorrow, finding that source.
Next will be new exhaust, then carpet kit. The torsion leveling isn't working so I have to look into that. Finish final interior, window seal kit and paint.
Good work. You sound pretty meticulous, so may I suggest installing a seal kit (Kanter sells them) for the trans. There are a lot of seals. In the front, it could be any of these, at least. This will also give you an excuse to disassemble the trans a bit more for cleaning. For example, the planetary assembly is easy to disassemble, but it's important that the needle bearings work as expected and aren't siezed from gunk or flash rusting. It will still spin, but it might damage the gear and shaft races over time if it doesn't dislodge itself.
Speaking of which you can also inspect the play in the bearings. For example the rear babbitt bearing is probably toast in a 90k mile car. You will probably see the babbitt paste somewhere and notice a lot of play, as described herehttps://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=27459&post_id=262768#forumpost262768
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