Philippe,
Send those friction discs back to K...TER for a refund and tell them what
happened.
Try one of the following for transmission parts, they have everything:
Northwest Transmission Parts: Phone 800-327-1995
Fatsco Transmission Parts: Phone 800-524-0485
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
-----Original Message-----
From: Philippe COURANT [SMTP:accf_clb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 5:05 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] 59 Torqueflite pb: wrong and too fast conclusions !
First, thanks to all who answer me !
I was too excited yesterday and haven't check all. I haven't check very
accurately the
"mixture". Today I'm sure the converter (and oil cooler) is innocent.
In the sludge ther's a lot of yellow-green dirt pieces ; same color as the
rear clutch
friction discs I put some days ago... The overhaul kit was bought from
K..TER :
first time
I bought a kit from them (the 4 other Tf. trans. I rebuilt had a kit bought
from
G. Riehl,
Chrysler 300 club) and I remember that these friction discs were not colored
black as
other and thickers also .. But, as they fit well in the retainer, I
installed
them. The
strange thing is that the oil isn't burnt or doesn't smell burnt. The little
friction
particules are not burnt but like if they were unstuked from the support...
I'm
worry
about quality of these discs....
Note that all i say is supposition as i haven't remove the rear clutch and
haven't look at
the discs. One thing i'm sure is that the oil strainer must be remplaced:
the
filter
grille has been unset from the strainer ... Imagine the pressure .
Fortunately
I've a
spare oil strainer.
I'll tell you the continuation of the story...
And if you know where i could buy friction discs only (not the complete
overhaul kit) let
me know...
--
Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)
Imperial 57 Crown convertible
Buick 58 Roadmaster sedan
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