Re: An Ultramatic experiment

Posted by R Anderson On 2010/4/9 9:24:13

Sounds like a very worthwhile improvement! My 56 Pat did that same simultaneous thing.

On a Nash website I recently saw the comment that the Packard Twin Ultramatic was the worst automatic ever produced, and while a bit harsh, considering how it was delivered in 55 and the number of fixes, service bulletins, and accomodations needed to make it satisfactory, I'm not sure I'd totally disagree. In comparison at least to PowerFlite, TorqueFlite, Hydramatic, Ford-O-Matic, PowerGlide, TurboGlide, and others I have owned, admittedly not every auto ever made, the TU was by far the most troublesome of any of them to run regularly in anything less than a quite DOCILE manner. While no doubt, yes, it can be made to work, it was certainly no paragon of reliability, if looked at objectively, admittedly difficult to do here. The tweak noted above is yet another attempt to make it work the way it should have from the beginning, something I never had to do with any 50s Mopars.