PhilA Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 Hallmark day today. Started putting things back ON the car. I now have a brake pedal again (and it even works). Phil DeeJay, HairySteve, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Awesome work over these past few weeks happy to hear you survived the storm! PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Like for everything but extra like for the horn brackets and screw polishing, never thought of that method. PhilA and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 My new grease gun arrived, also. Not bad for £18 LightBulbFun and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Tool perv haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Oh dear hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Gridlock in the boondocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/2/2019 at 2:43 AM, PhilA said: Cream paint on a piece of wire. Words done. With some pillarbox red. Cleaned up and assembled into the frame. And on the car. That makes me happier. It's not perfect but it's a lot better. Phil Were these ever illuminated like Wolseley grille badges, or was it just exuberant Virgil Exner 1950s 'Wooo! Plastic's neat! Plastic's the future' kind of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Very much "look what we can do with poly methyl methacrylate!", a really nice way of getting the dash with 3D lettering that's a lot more accurate than glass and cheaper than etching. The whole car uses acrylic wherever possible- dash, the chief up front, tail lights. Only places not where I would expect it are the front turn signal lenses. Phil LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Cleaned my grease gun out and filled it up with new grease. Started greasing the points that I've cleaned up. Refitted the spring to the brake pedal, greased and oiled as applicable. Cleaned all the old crap out of the steering box. It's worn to hell but it'll have to do for now. Refilled with new grease. Looks like green ketchup. And presto. In two days I have brakes and steering! Phil mercedade, mat_the_cat, scdan4 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Cleaned up the headlight hi/lo switch, focusing mainly on the connectors. That can go back on, then the carpet can go back down. Then the fuse box can go in. Then rewiring may commence! Phil LightBulbFun and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Put the hi/lo switch back and set all the carpet back down. Driver's side air vent. A bit rusty and funky. Less so now. Phil scdan4, Skizzer, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Today, I drained the gearbox of fluid. I then undid the (37) bolts that hold it all together. I attached it to the crane (lifting point in the top of the case very handy) and pulled it up out of the way. Hot damn is it ever heavy. Probably 300-350 lbs. I can't lift it! On the floor it stays, unfortunately. Phil LightBulbFun and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 7/20/2019 at 9:24 AM, hairnet said: Oh dear hehe I posted this in the wrong thread but hey odd shite that USA doesn't get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, hairnet said: I posted this in the wrong thread but hey odd shite that USA doesn't get Ahem... US spec Mehari.. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/1952/1952-53_Hydra-Matic_Manual-Supplement.pdf http://www.pontiacsafari.com/L1Garage/Hydra-Matic_1946-55.pdf If anyone has an online link to the full Hydramatic shop manual let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 does the gearbox have a specific name/part number? as I have just done a bit of quick sleuthing and iv come across a few different hydromatics and im not sure which is correct for your car heres one for Rolls royces I think LOL https://rroc.org.au/wiki/index.php?title=Hydramatic_Transmission_Workshop_Manual_TSD_2042 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 is this any good? TH400.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Sadly no. The "Hydramatic" name persisted all the way through to the early seventies, whereby it was replaced with just model numbers. The one in mine is essentially the mk1.5 - ran from about '49 thru '55, with design revisions along the way. They have mine, which is selectable to gear ranges 1-2 or 1-2-3-4 and R. No kick-down, only a drop by oil pressure reduction to 3rd range below 65MPH with heavy throttle. They then changed the guts a little and made it the "dual-range", so ranges 1, 2-3-4 or 1-2-3-4 and R. It also included a "real" kick-down function. Then the "turbo hydramatic", which introduced a torque converter and better control hydraulics. Then the name went onto the Jetaway which was the precursor to the modern TH-350, all very very different in design. --Phil LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I've been looking forward to this (transmission) instalment........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 With a certain degree of masochism? DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, PhilA said: With a certain degree of masochism? .... Well, might hope it doesn't turn out "totally neutral"... lol PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Gearbox workbench. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Gearbox on workbench. Decided the bench was a bit over engineered. It didn't even flinch upon receipt of the weight. Phil loserone, Amishtat, scdan4 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Found a decently-priced 1951 Pontiac Hydra-Matic Shop Manual for the gearbox on eBay and snaffled it up. That should be in early next week, according to the shipping calculator. I think I'm going to pop the side pan off and eyeball inside. I really wish my waste-of-space ex brother in law hadn't ruined my air compressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Bench engineering philosophy.... 'finite element analysis' * 1: make stoutish box/bench stand 2: load gearbox 3: stand well back.... Look & Listen 4: relax Top Chippying m8 PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 7/22/2019 at 12:13 PM, Frogchod said: Ahem... see also further up the queue also what we were sat in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Cracking quality bench that. Looking forward to the gearbox fettling. Autoboxes are made from voodoo as far as I’m concerned. #LearningOpportunity. 3 hours ago, hairnet said: see also further up the queue also what we were sat in Huh? This is pretty cryptic even for hairnet. egg and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 That's as far as I'm going right now without the manual... Phil Skizzer, LightBulbFun, mercedade and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1951-Pontiac-Hydra-matic-Transmission-Shop-Service-Repair-Manual-Book-Guide-OEM/684723093?iid=132397764740&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=132397764740&targetid=568475999404&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9046617&poi=&campaignid=1669190354&mkgroupid=67214011400&rlsatarget=pla-568475999404&abcId=578896&merchantid=101738098&gclid=CjwKCAjw4NrpBRBsEiwAUcLcDKYe2LVIlp8i10mA1Mw3zWzIh2KYPc77BGmNaSMy_ZmmBL_m3trtcxoCm3sQAvD_BwE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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