Howard,
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I did receive the torque converter with the rebuilt trans. I will attempt to change it out as a winter project with the car on ramps in the garage. I will change out the speedometer gear and check the rear flange sizes.
Again thank you and hope you have a blessed holiday.

Randy

Murphy,
I'm sorry I can't help you with your problem, but I wonder if you could help me with mine or direct me to someone. I have a 1955 Clipper Deluxe that I'm having trouble keeping rear trans seals in! I found a rebuilt trans from a friend but it's not quite the same. looking in the books I can come up with two numbers;450145 (cast iron) and 470060 (aluminum)
the one I just got is the 470060. do you know if they are interchangeable?? so far the only difference I can tell on the outside is the rear bolt that holds the rear flange on is 2" on the 470060 and 12" on the other????? I haven't started to R/R it yet because I have to do it off my back in the garage and don't want to start if it won't work.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Randy

G'day back to you.
Thank you I did register.
take care, Randy

checking the bushings by trying to move the shaft side to side is tight I can't even feel any movement.

just under 30,000 the car sat inside for 20 years before I got in 2004.

Jack, nice to hear from you again. I had a low oil pressure problem that you helped me with and after I installed your adapter and Olds oil pump my oil pressure is great and no more "clicking".

I haven't started taking apart the distributor yet but if and when I do I will be careful.

can you send me some more info on your converting fix for distributors?

thanks Randy

Owen,
thank you for the info, I guess I'm almost afraid to to find out. When I parked the car back in October it was running ruff. I started checking things out. I ended up changing the timing chain that was stretched bad and while I was there I changed the Fuel pump, water pump, radiator and sent the carb out to have it rebuilt. I changed everything I could connected to a major tune up this past winter. I received my carb back last week thinking everything was ready to go, but when I put the timing light on and that's when I noticed that I couldn't keep the timing marks lined up, it keep jumping around up to an inch and running ruff. That's when I checked the inside of the distributor and noticed all the play, then stated going in that direction looking for problems and here I am looking for something to help correct this new dilemma.

My auto-lite 1JB-4001 dizzy seems to have excess movement not left or right but clockwise/counter clockwise almost lobe to lobe. Timing mark jumps all over and I just can't find a happy medium. After pulling it the bottom gear to the eye looks worn that might be the problem. I'm looking for the gear to replace it myself or a place to either pick up a new dizzy or get mine rebuilt. I checked with Kanter but they don't have one in stock or the replacement gear, but they will rebuild mine. Any ideas of somewhere to check? and is it possible to use a delco dizzy or parts off it?

Thanks Randy.