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Section 25: Chit Chat Subject: Studebaker Hawk Msg# 920669
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It was, and is, a very reliable transmission.
Not in my case. My 53 Studebaker was not shifting properly. I remember having the Kitzmiller transmission guy from Wilkes Barre riding along with me because I could not feel a second shift. He had a tachometer hooked up and thought it MAY have been shifting. It wasn't however and myself and a friend found a derelict Studebaker along the road, paid the owner $50, removed the transmisssion and hauled it to a customer of my Dads who had a small auto repair business and asked if we could borrow his transmission jack and switch trannys. [yes we were idiots]. Andrea and I were scheduled to drive to the New York Worlds fair the next day. We swapped trannys and I still remember that sinking feeling when going for a test ride and still NO shift. We took the Greyhound bus to NY.On return I traded the 53 on that 56 Hawk. Just could not stay away from Studebakers I guess. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: That "strange" Borg Warner transmission in your 57 Silver Hawk which Studebaker called Flightomatic, was also used by Ford (Fordomatic, Mercomatic, Cruiseomatic), AMC (Flashomatic), and Jaguar. It was, and is, a very reliable transmission. I've never had a transmission problem in any of my Studebakers. The access panel on the driveshaft hump was for checking the fluis level in the automatic transmission. The master cylinder is accessed from another panel located under the driver's foot. Early 50s technology, ya know.... |
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