need help with early 50's hdyramatic

petebert · 03-19-2007, 05:21 AM

Hi guys, I've got a dual range hydramatic, no park just d4, d3, Lo neutral and reverse. The fluid is probably the worst fluid I've ever seen and it wont shift past second. I'll probably pull the control valve and clean it and out and do the same to whatever else I can get to with just the pan off. I've got the shop manuals and the procedures for this looks pretty straight forward.

Assuming the worst though and maybe I'm looking at stuck bands and fried clutch, anyone know of a repair shop around Dayton, OH or have a trans for sale?

here's a couple pics

Oldsguy · 03-19-2007, 05:32 AM

Ewwwww! Looks like water got in there at some time. You sure have your job cut out for you. Hope it turns out well. Is that pinkish stuff rust?

petebert · 03-19-2007, 05:53 AM

this other guy was thinking water got in there too, I'm wondering how does that happen? he tells me working on these tranmissions is best left to a shop, they sell kits for about $350, I've got the manuals and have done engine work just never messed with a trans, I always considered it to be a box of full of black magic

oh and if your talking about on the filter, yes it looks like rust.

Oldsfan · 03-19-2007, 07:26 AM

Well, I don't know about shops around Dayton, but there a real good shop in Illinois - Tom Kasper. A-1 Transmissions, or something like that. Not sure exactly where he is located, but he's a wiz when it comes to HydraMatics from what I hear. I had one of these done about 15 years ago. I was lucky. The dealership I worked at had a salesman who worked in service back in the '50s and he was our HydraMatic man. I pulled it, he disassembled it, I cleaned it up, he rebuilt it. No charge - he had a ball. Afterward, all I had to do was take it to another old HydraMatic man for band and linkage adjustment. Mine only had first and second. Third seemed like it went back down to first. I needed a new rear clutch drum - the clutches bored themselves into the old one.

Paul

03-19-2007, 05:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
petebert Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	need help with early 50's hdyramatic Hi guys, I've got a dual range hydramatic, no park just d4, d3, Lo neutral and reverse. The fluid is probably the worst fluid I've ever seen and it wont shift past second. I'll probably pull the control valve and clean it and out and do the same to whatever else I can get to with just the pan off. I've got the shop manuals and the procedures for this looks pretty straight forward. Assuming the worst though and maybe I'm looking at stuck bands and fried clutch, anyone know of a repair shop around Dayton, OH or have a trans for sale? here's a couple pics

03-19-2007, 05:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Oldsguy Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lees Summit MO Posts: 2,775	Ewwwww! Looks like water got in there at some time. You sure have your job cut out for you. Hope it turns out well. Is that pinkish stuff rust? __________________ Dan '46 2 door

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03-19-2007, 05:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
petebert Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	this other guy was thinking water got in there too, I'm wondering how does that happen? he tells me working on these tranmissions is best left to a shop, they sell kits for about $350, I've got the manuals and have done engine work just never messed with a trans, I always considered it to be a box of full of black magic oh and if your talking about on the filter, yes it looks like rust.

03-19-2007, 07:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
Oldsfan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 478	Well, I don't know about shops around Dayton, but there a real good shop in Illinois - Tom Kasper. A-1 Transmissions, or something like that. Not sure exactly where he is located, but he's a wiz when it comes to HydraMatics from what I hear. I had one of these done about 15 years ago. I was lucky. The dealership I worked at had a salesman who worked in service back in the '50s and he was our HydraMatic man. I pulled it, he disassembled it, I cleaned it up, he rebuilt it. No charge - he had a ball. Afterward, all I had to do was take it to another old HydraMatic man for band and linkage adjustment. Mine only had first and second. Third seemed like it went back down to first. I needed a new rear clutch drum - the clutches bored themselves into the old one. Paul