![]() ![]() When manually shifted the shifts are smooth even when cold. The transmission struggles worse getting into or out of first when cold but I don't think that will be an issue once it's had some miles on it. I guess that's a rebuild thing and requires a bit of manual shifting to get the governer working properly and get some seals seated in. The transmission is reluctant to downshift to first despite being in the correct shifter position. Seems the rebuild and other work has gone well, have put about 30 miles of stop and go driving in. Not sure what can be gleaned from the tag and other stamp. I understand that '3J24' means Nov 24, 1963, the car was built in Dec '63 so this seems right. Here are the pics of the tag and casting codes off the middle section of the transmission. Here's a tighter photo of the shift mechanism from within the case:Īnd, it turns out the transmission is as original, at least it's appropriate for the '64 year of the car. My rebuilder isn't happy with the park position's fit, he's going to file the detent deeper and add a stronger spring on the outside of the case for a more positive set/feel. The shift mechanism is in the park position in the photo and each detent to the right corresponds to your shifter position with 'L' on the right. I had always wondered what the source/feel of the shift detents were within the transmission. Here's a photo of the case including shift mechanism on the top left, the pawl mounts in the top right and engages the clutch from there: This is the broken parking pawl, it engages one of the clutches which had some very beaten up teeth (didn't photograph). Regarding the park gear not setting, these are photos every new driver should see, I'm sure everybody on a forum like this knows why not to throw the car in park while moving, but here are the pics of the results! Overall I was impressed with the general condition of everything, it's the first time I've seen one of these apart, and, barring abuse it does make some sense that a lot of these components should last a very very long time. Took some photos that some may find useful. He felt I should have been able to feel this although, with no reference point I felt nothing odd. My shift linkages and the kickdown were also installed incorrectly and were binding a bit. This is Trans-go's 'how to determine which transmission you have' guide that he used: ntview=Yes), bands, new steels and frictions and is rebuilding the torque converter. There were a few other components that were damaged, one snap ring was broken (don't recall from where) and a couple seals were beat beyond service. All of this points to a pretty shoddy rebuild previously. The steels were also warped and likely not replaced in a previous rebuild, the faces were worn unevenly and showed signs of heat causing the deformation. The rebuilder has sent it out to be resurfaced to provide a good surface on which to bite. The previous band had worn a narrower section of the outside of the clutch and when the wider one was installed it had a comparably narrower face on which to bite, bad shifts, slipping bands and an occasional clatter of the front band had damaged the face that the front band bites onto. The source of my poor shifts or 'flaring' was likely that in a previous rebuild that the front band was replaced with a wider and incorrect band. He's pulled the transmission, disassembled and figured out what was going on and I went by this morning to have a look at things while apart. ![]() So, I've found a guy to do my rebuild, all appears to be going well.
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