Re: Transmission help, San Diego area

I've been really, Really Blessed the last year or so with help from

>friends -- they've kept me from having to live on the street or sleep >in the car -- but I need a bit of help none of them have the expertise >to provide. > >I'm actively looking for full-time employment (after having lost a >job a bit ago due to a black widow spider bite), am on unemployment (my >sole income), and the tranny in my '65 Rambler Classic is giving up >the ghost (slipping), thus making it more and more difficult for me to >get to job interviews. > >Is there a transmission mechanic in or near San Diego reading this - >or someone you know -- that will do some work on the tranny for me so >I can get to job interviews and such? > >In addition to what little cash I have that I can proffer, I am also >willing to "trade" whatever skills or labor I have (writing? [ >nationally published writer ]; copy editing?; editing/proofreading?; >customer service?; work around the home or office or shop or ?; also >have some familiarity with HTML; ... willing to do whatever is needed. >I just have to keep this jalopy going for a couple more months till I >find gainful full-time work. > >(Starting off, she slips in D1 and D2. If I downshift to Low, I can get >going, but that's getting worse, too. I have the shop manual but am >leery of adjusting any bands myself; done a lot of work on her, but >never done that before, and from reading the manual it seems there are >a *lot* of possible causes of the problem and I have neither the time >nor the money to experiment.) > >Please, if you or anyone you know ... I can't tell you how much it >would be appreciated. > >Christopher A. Steele >Spring Valley, CA > >[insert the little 'at' doohickey at the appropriate place to E-mail if >for some reason the google mail fails] >casteele95thbgheavy >yahoo >.com >
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I would try a band adjustment and fluid change before condemning it. It's not hard if you work slow and take your time. I just did a band adjustment on my old Stude using a similar B-W transmission and it was easy. If you find an old Motor's manual or similar it will have a procedure that does not require the special factory tools, all you need is a 1/4" spacer (I used an allen wrench) and a beam type torque wrench. Don't forget to drain the torque converter as well. Clean all the muck out of the pan and pickup screen while you're in there.

If that doesn't work it may be time to consider taking it to a tranny shop...

good luck

nate

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N8N

here is the procedure

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yes, I know it's a IHC site. The same basic tranny design was used in Studes, IHC's, Ramblers, and even Fords. In fact it was originally designed for Ford because Studebaker wouldn't let BW sell the DG series (DG-100, DG-200, DG-250) transmissions to Ford back in the mid-50s, so they came up with the simpler trans that was used in damn near everything. (the DG was a joint project between Stude and Warner Gear.)

The front band you have to drop the pan to adjust, the rear band adjuster is outside the case near the top.

good luck,

nate

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