Re: Ultramatic Blues

Posted by BH On 2010/9/28 20:39:10

Driving my first '56 Patrician home (300 miles) from WV, back in 1987, I lost high range just after crossing the PA border. I lugged along in low gear to the next exit and checked the fluid; it was off the stick and starting to stink. I added a few quarts of ATF and got high gear back - for a few miles. I babied the car to the next exit and added more fluid with the engine idling, but it ran off the bottom of the bell housing as fast as I could pour it down the dipstick tube.

So, the car was towed the last 90 miles - to the shop where my dad worked. I had a complete Twin Ultra rebuild kit in the trunk, but all they put in was the front pump seal. Problem solved.

I'd rather fix the Ultramatic, as long as parts are available, than convert to some other.