RE: Pat's Tranny Blues

["Pat Dooley" <pdooley@gte.net>]

Well, the 5k made it back.  ~1000 miles round trip with no second gear.
Lucky it was all interstate.  The powerglide tranny is driveable around town
but rather annoying.  One must rev the motor to 3.5-4k to obtain the proper
speed for 3rd gear to just catch.  Then use light throttle to avoid an
unwanted downshift back down to 1st.

I changed the filter and fluid in Pensacola, filter had some sharp metallic
particles in it, not very big and not very many.  The TransX did not help a
bit, as my luck would dictate.

Still haven't had time to clean the valve body, maybe next weekend.

Now the power windows don't work, I suspect the relay.
And the brake shimmy is still there, this problem seems minor now.

Ahh, the joys of owning an old, high mileage car...

PSD/Tampa, FL.      86 5kt