Currently I'm working to get these Rambler videos out back to back. I'm learning a lot about these Flash-O-Matic transmissions in the process. Thanks for bearing with me through the sludge. Pun intended. I really do appreciate you hangin' round. You are the wind beneath my wings.
Freeman you are the man I appreciate that your doing it old school baby you got balls to tackle that trans remember freeman any body can do it with tools and a fancy shop your old school and I love it Thank you ken
I appreciate the nice comment. I really do. I wonder if Colonial period furniture makers had the option to use power tools if they would have used them.
Richard happy Easter to you guys, garage door carnage project is maddening especially when you don't have extra time. Remember your dollar buys more with a Rambler.
This has been a great time for me learning about this old ride and this tranny, your confidence in taking it apart has impressed me, I don't have that level of confidence, it reminds me of taking a watch or clock apart! Can't wait to see the upcoming videos, and yes, its ok to break these up into several videos, and I just know you're going to succeed! I can feel it bud! You're doing it right! God bless and thanks for the great content!
It’s because of the unibody. You can’t crush the seams & the crossmembers are narrow. Plus my best Jack stands are under another car. I tell you what though. I’ve got another Rambler project I haven’t started on yet. If I need to go into that transmission as well I’m definitely going to give myself more room. I appreciate you watching the videos & taking the time to comment.
@freemansgarage fellah is mistaken about seams... two each 3/4" deep swipes of a 2 x6 with a circle saw leaves a perfect notch in them to put that standing seam in. Besides, just putting a 2 x 6 under each tire would give you more room! Go crazy! TWO under each tire!
LOL, Oh, how little you know about these cars! Doing that is a can of worms you dont really want to open until you absolutely have to: its an instant 20 hours of work and $400 in parts just to get it in and out
That’s the way to do but I can’t just drop it like your average car though because of the torque tube. If the transmission turns out to need a rebuild it will end up on the bench.
GREATEST THEATER IN GREASE!!! DRIVE IT TODAY??? WITH A TIMELESS CAR NOTHING GETS DONE ON A TIMELINE!!!!!!!!!! Setting a time goal is a "CLASSIC" almost a "Deluxe" mistake (except it creates Drama)!! Before that valve body goes back in you best consider all of the gunk you have cleaned thus far represents HALF of the fluid in that trans!!!!! So as not to clog your good valve body and pan work you would do well to flush pump fluid up through the pump pickup and into the trans pump and converter before you install the valve body. How? Why, Read below!
put 10 quarts of clean trans fluid in a bucket. Using an electric fuel pump with a regulator set at 5 PSI, Pump 10 quarts up through the pickup tube. As you pump, keep your hand on the switch and a drain pan in the other. as you pump, fluid will begin returning to the pan area which is your clue to stop pumping and to hook a tube up to the return and then run the tube to a bucket. When you have drained your fluid supply shut down the pump and empty the bucket through a cheesecloth into your original bucket you pumped from. Change your cheesecloth and repeat the process. If you do this 3 or 4 times, your fluid will begin to run clean without clumps and each new cheese cloth will become cleaner. Is there a more thorough way to do this??? Why, I am glad you asked! See below!
For enhanced breaking up action you may also want to do this during or after cranking on the starter to spin the converter! While spinning, You will go through 5 quarts in about 3 seconds and have a helluva mess to cleanup unless you use tubes.... but it lengthens yours odds considerably To make flushing the pump and converter a bit more painless you can use the good stuff and once a cheese cloth comes up with no gobs, you can just use the pump to pump your fluid through a Fuel filter and then then reuse the fluid. If 5 PSI does not seem enough, you can go as high as 15. As a special bonus, if, before pumping you take the lower converter pan down (4 ea 5/16" bolts) you can observe if the converter seal is indeed leaking! Lucky you! LOL, I am thinking by the time this is all done you might actually get to drive this car before it celebrates 50 years off the road!
Done with the first vid. & I must say you are a braver man than I. Good Luck but I just don't see it happening, that Trans. is TOAST IMHO. Hope I'm wrong but I think you need a miracle.
He does not need to. You just shove a 1/4" tube in the pan pickup tube and hook it to an electric fuel pump and force fluid through the pump and converter. You shove a second tube into the pan drain back and run it to a bucket through a filter. Change filter cloth each time. 3 buckets full and you are clean and good to go. Diesel has stuff in it you dont want in that trans as diesle can gel when placed in another gel... When you are done forcing fluid through it, you just run the fluid through a fuel filter and use it in the trans
Has this car been sitting since 1975 because I don't understand why there's so much sludge in there it's a 1962 vehicle so if it was sitting since 75 it was only 13 years old when it was left sitting why is there so much sludge in there
There’s no telling really but the car has 1975 license plates on it. The outside of the transmission has a layer of crud on it. I wonder if maybe the front seal was leaking & someone put some kind of stop leak product in it & it sludged everything up. I’m not sure.
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Currently I'm working to get these Rambler videos out back to back. I'm learning a lot about these Flash-O-Matic transmissions in the process. Thanks for bearing with me through the sludge. Pun intended. I really do appreciate you hangin' round. You are the wind beneath my wings.
Good on you for doing your homework.... You dont seem like the kind of guy who would waste his grass and let time grow under his feet!
Love the long videos but understand that’s not for everyone so I’ll be patient and wait for the next episode.
Thanks for the feedback.
Freeman you are the man I appreciate that your doing it old school baby you got balls to tackle that trans remember freeman any body can do it with tools and a fancy shop your old school and I love it Thank you ken
I appreciate the nice comment. I really do. I wonder if Colonial period furniture makers had the option to use power tools if they would have used them.
Richard happy Easter to you guys, garage door carnage project is maddening especially when you don't have extra time. Remember your dollar buys more with a Rambler.
I caught the reference. Happy Easter to you too! I don't know why the door can't fall of the hinges maybe next month.
This has been a great time for me learning about this old ride and this tranny, your confidence in taking it apart has impressed me, I don't have that level of confidence, it reminds me of taking a watch or clock apart! Can't wait to see the upcoming videos, and yes, its ok to break these up into several videos, and I just know you're going to succeed! I can feel it bud! You're doing it right! God bless and thanks for the great content!
I really appreciate the nice comments. It means a lot.
That's got to be the nastiest transmission I've ever seen. No way it was working in that condition
You’re probably right but who knows. I’m aiming to find out.
Long videos are OK. I just watch as long as I have time for and then resume later. Shorter videos are OK too, just not really short.
im sitting here thinking... why didnt you jack the front end up as well, more space to see whats going on
I dont know how he does it.... watching this makes me feel claustrophobic as hell! Yes to Jackstands!
It’s because of the unibody. You can’t crush the seams & the crossmembers are narrow. Plus my best Jack stands are under another car. I tell you what though. I’ve got another Rambler project I haven’t started on yet. If I need to go into that transmission as well I’m definitely going to give myself more room. I appreciate you watching the videos & taking the time to comment.
@freemansgarage fellah is mistaken about seams... two each 3/4" deep swipes of a 2 x6 with a circle saw leaves a perfect notch in them to put that standing seam in. Besides, just putting a 2 x 6 under each tire would give you more room! Go crazy! TWO under each tire!
What would Burt do....he would never be in that position. He would have a good car in the 1st place. Hahaha
That is very true. He wouldn't be driving a Rambler to begin with.
You should just pull that transmission out get it up on your bench and do a real good cleaning and see what you will need to get it working properly
LOL, Oh, how little you know about these cars! Doing that is a can of worms you dont really want to open until you absolutely have to: its an instant 20 hours of work and $400 in parts just to get it in and out
That’s the way to do but I can’t just drop it like your average car though because of the torque tube. If the transmission turns out to need a rebuild it will end up on the bench.
GREATEST THEATER IN GREASE!!! DRIVE IT TODAY??? WITH A TIMELESS CAR NOTHING GETS DONE ON A TIMELINE!!!!!!!!!! Setting a time goal is a "CLASSIC" almost a "Deluxe" mistake (except it creates Drama)!! Before that valve body goes back in you best consider all of the gunk you have cleaned thus far represents HALF of the fluid in that trans!!!!! So as not to clog your good valve body and pan work you would do well to flush pump fluid up through the pump pickup and into the trans pump and converter before you install the valve body. How? Why, Read below!
put 10 quarts of clean trans fluid in a bucket. Using an electric fuel pump with a regulator set at 5 PSI, Pump 10 quarts up through the pickup tube. As you pump, keep your hand on the switch and a drain pan in the other. as you pump, fluid will begin returning to the pan area which is your clue to stop pumping and to hook a tube up to the return and then run the tube to a bucket. When you have drained your fluid supply shut down the pump and empty the bucket through a cheesecloth into your original bucket you pumped from. Change your cheesecloth and repeat the process. If you do this 3 or 4 times, your fluid will begin to run clean without clumps and each new cheese cloth will become cleaner. Is there a more thorough way to do this??? Why, I am glad you asked! See below!
For enhanced breaking up action you may also want to do this during or after cranking on the starter to spin the converter! While spinning, You will go through 5 quarts in about 3 seconds and have a helluva mess to cleanup unless you use tubes.... but it lengthens yours odds considerably To make flushing the pump and converter a bit more painless you can use the good stuff and once a cheese cloth comes up with no gobs, you can just use the pump to pump your fluid through a Fuel filter and then then reuse the fluid. If 5 PSI does not seem enough, you can go as high as 15. As a special bonus, if, before pumping you take the lower converter pan down (4 ea 5/16" bolts) you can observe if the converter seal is indeed leaking! Lucky you! LOL, I am thinking by the time this is all done you might actually get to drive this car before it celebrates 50 years off the road!
We’re pumpin’ it. Thanks again for all the helpful information you’ve provided throughout this project. It is greatly appreciated.
Done with the first vid. & I must say you are a braver man than I.
Good Luck but I just don't see it happening, that Trans. is TOAST IMHO.
Hope I'm wrong but I think you need a miracle.
A Christmas miracle is what I need. Thanks for watching. More to come.
Freeman if you had filled it with DIESEL fluid and let it eat that gunk and drained and refilled twice maybe you could have saved a lot of work.
He does not need to. You just shove a 1/4" tube in the pan pickup tube and hook it to an electric fuel pump and force fluid through the pump and converter. You shove a second tube into the pan drain back and run it to a bucket through a filter. Change filter cloth each time. 3 buckets full and you are clean and good to go. Diesel has stuff in it you dont want in that trans as diesle can gel when placed in another gel... When you are done forcing fluid through it, you just run the fluid through a fuel filter and use it in the trans
I though about it. But I headed warmings from others. Who the heck knows. I appreciate your thoughts.
Has this car been sitting since 1975 because I don't understand why there's so much sludge in there it's a 1962 vehicle so if it was sitting since 75 it was only 13 years old when it was left sitting why is there so much sludge in there
There’s no telling really but the car has 1975 license plates on it. The outside of the transmission has a layer of crud on it. I wonder if maybe the front seal was leaking & someone put some kind of stop leak product in it & it sludged everything up. I’m not sure.
Your still talking way too much. Mor action and less talk will be better. Cheers Stew.
Elvis said a long time ago a little less conversation a lot more action.
@@freemansgarage I don't mind the talking & explaining what you're doing.