I took this past Friday off from work to extract the failing tranny from my '57 Adventurer project. It came out without too much trouble. The rebuilt unit arrived Friday evening, and I spent a little time yesterday cleaning it up and painting it, swapping the mount and the shift control from the old one to the new, and installing the emergency brake unit (separated for easy of shipping). After returning from church this morning, I set about to get the new (rebuilt) transmission in. It actually went pretty smoothly. I don't have bumpers, a license, or insurance, so couldn't test drive her more than up and down the street in front of my house. Forward and Reverse engage nicely, so I have no reason to doubt that the unit will shift up and down, but it didn't get a chance today. It has been a real learning experience for me. I did all the work all by myself, in my driveway. Thanks for all the encouragement along the way, folks! Special thanks to Neil Vedder for originally finding the rebuilt tranny, John Paxos for locating the guy selling it after we lost his name, and to Philippe Courant for his web site and information on Torqueflites! Ed Petrus ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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