Re: Manual versus Automatic (ULTRAmatic), post-war

Posted by Peter Packard On 2015/6/17 4:42:50

you also have to bore out the end of the manual crankshaft to accept the Ultramatic nose instead of the clutch pilot bush. I have done one in the past and it was successful, however he drove it across the notorious Nullabor Plains of Australia and when he had it serviced about 1000 miles or halfway across, he called me as the mechanic said that there was a three-eighth bolt poking out of the sump. I surmise that a distributor bolt was dropped into the sump by the boring Company, and a counterweight had die punched it through the sump. I advised to put a copper washer and nut onto the bolt to stop any oil leakage. Haven't heard anything in 20 years so the Warranty has probablyexpired.