Re: Ultramatic trap door

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/10/9 22:27:03

It's incomprehensible to me how the best engineers in Detroit could put something so critical to transmission life and performance way up there where it is practically inaccessible.

Yes, it's inconvenient now with how many of use these cars, but remember that when these were new cars Packard called for an oil change and grease job every 1000 miles which for many drivers who drove the average of 12,000 miles a year meant that once a month it was up on a lift for service. Under those conditions the dipstick location wasn't really an issue.