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im new to packards, so this might be a dumb question- does anyone out there know, or know where i can fin out, what ratios are my trany? its a 3 speed manual w/ OD. any help is greatly apreciated. thanks.

G'day fory,
to PackardInfo and for including your '53 Clipper Deluxe Touring Sedan in the Owner Registry. There are 2 entries of yours there and it looks like the first onepackardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/registry/View.php?ID=510 is a duplicate and incomplete. So, if you are agreeable, BigKev our Webmaster will weave his magic and delete it.

Had a look in Packard Literature and Manuals at the '53 Owners Manualpackardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/195 ... h%20Series%20Operators%20Manual.pdf available here on PackardInfo but couldn't find the info you're after, but I'm sure my more learned colleagues here will be able to assist.

fory -

Welcome to the world of Packard automobiles. The factory actually published quite a bit of good technical information (not just sales literature0, and if you take time to search this site, you'll find a lot of it right here.

My personal focus is on the '55-'56 cars, but the information you seek is contained in the 1951-1954 Packard Service Manual, which can be found here, in the Packard Literature and Manuals archive. That large manual is saved, section-by-section, in PDF format - so you need only download the section(s) you need. The ratio information is listed in the "Specifications" section, under the "Transmission" heading.

However, it appears that you may have to divide those figures, as listed, by the rear axle ratio for your model (shown under the "Rear Axle" heading in that same section) to arrive at the true gear ratios for the tranny.

Later, you may also want to take a look at the Service Index feature as the index for factory service buulletins and newsletter articles on the 1951-54 cars was recently completed, and the index entries are hot-linked to actual scans of those documents.

You'll find all the specs on your car including transmission info in Service Counselor Vol 26 #11packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/SC/SC-VOL26NO11.pdf.

I have a question, what is a "tramsmition"?

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the help. The first posting of my car in the registry was put there by accident, so it may be deleted. Thanks again.

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fory,
for that confirmation.

BigKev,

Please do your stuff!

I would still like to know what a "tramsmition" is.....

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Must be what the smoke shifter hooks up to.