Boy did that bring back some memories. In high school I had a 1955
Packard Clipper with the 4 way torsion bar suspension, 352 cu.inch
V-8 and the Twin Ultramatic automatic transmission. The torque
converter seal would leak big time and I, being young and smart (ass)
figured I could fix this myself. I finally got to where I could come
home on Friday afternoon, put the car on 12" blocks, drop the
transmission, replace the seal, button it up and be on my way out in
two hours. In those days I used to be able to take it up and down
with just a floor jack, actually pressing the tranny into place. For
some reason the seal would only last about 3 days, it was about a
year later when I finally asked a real mechanic that I found out
there was a torque converter bushing associated with the seal. Oh
well, I helped keep the local parts house in business.
That was a really great car, it was powerful, comfortable (could
carry a real crowd in there) and had self leveling suspension. You
could put two 200 pounders on the hood or trunk and about 4 seconds
later the car would level itself and the torsion bars were adjusted
electrically.
Bill Huff
Loved it when I got a 50 Oldsmobile with a stick shift. I could
pull and replace that transmission in less then an hour, including
jack it up time. However those transmissions(basically the same
internally as the Cad/LaSalle box) seldom broke. I could get at
least 6 months out of one of them(sometimes).
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