Re: IML: Strange tranny conversation

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

As your car is a 1960 Imperial, the transmission is a cast-iron case
Torqueflite.   The "older guy" is not that old, I guess, as all cast-iron
Torqueflites. (made 1956-61) did not have a park position.  Did he make any
comments about the parking brake on the drievshaft?   Or does he know what
that contraption is.

If the Torqueflire transmission has a park position, then it does not have
the driveshaft, and vice versa.   And if it has a driveshaft brake it has no
park position, which is also vice versa.

The first Torqueflite with z park position was the A904 for the Valiant (but
not the A904 for the Plymouth and Dodge Dart).  In 1962 came the aluminum
case A727 with park position for the Plymouth and Dodge Dart (they also
adopted the Valiant A904 that year),  The A727 for the Dodge 880, Chrysler
and Imperial hung onto the no park position, emergnecy brake on the
driveshaft and Lockheed brakes one last year.  In 1963 they got the A727
with park position and the emergency brake moved to the rear wheels on the
new Bendix-made brakes.

I think you need to find a transmission man that either older or more
knowledgeable about early Mopar automatic transmissions.

Bill
Vancouver, BC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donn Reese" <DReese@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Imperial mailing list (E-mail)" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: IML: Strange tranny conversation


I need to get the transmission on my '60 rebuilt since it only goes in
reverse.  My first choice shop won't touch it and referred me to an older
guy's shop.  I just got into an odd argument with him where he was adamant
that my transmission has Park and said "I've never seen a transmission
without Park".

So now that the "expert" has put a seed of doubt in my mind I just want to
double check that I'm right, there is no true "park" on these cars until
1963-64?  I've been looking on the repair pages but they don't say
explicitly one way or the other.....at least not in the fifteen minutes I've
 spent looking.

Should I be looking for another repair shop?

Donn
1960 Custom 4-door hardtop




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