Re: IML: 1960 torqueflite In Line Filters

["Rob van der Es" <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Paul,

I will check it out and will let the list know if only the lines were
clugged.
But it is good to know that you also didn't noticed an oil puddle when you
disconneted those cooler lines!

Robert

Op Za, 1 december, 2007 1:24 am, schreef PAUL WENTINK:
> Phil may be correct on this. I don't remember ever seeing a tremendous
> amount of fluid drip from those lines while doing radiator work. It may
> only flow when the car is running and drain back after its shut down. I
> still think you should check it out, but there might not be anything
> wrong.
>
> Paul W.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob van der Es <R.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:15 am
> Subject: Re: IML: 1960 torqueflite In Line Filters
>
>
>
> Hi Paul and others that jumped in on this subject,Â
> Â
> Thanks for the clear explanation, I definetely don't have an in-line
> filter as big as a soup can in my cooler lines :) A filter as big as that
> would be hard to overlook.  Â
> Right now, the driving season has ended for my car overhere in the cold
> and wet Netherlands. So I have all the time to think about what could be
> wrong, and the only thing I can think about are clugged cooler lines.  Â
> I hope that other torqueflite specialists (Dick B.? or Philippe) will
> jump in too, to shine a light on it.  I would like to know if a stucked
> regulator valve or a stucked coventor valve could cause the same sympthon
> (no fluid at the cooler lines).Â
> Â
> But when I think about it, this might be a stupid question cause the
> tranny is shifting perfectly. I don't think it will shift correctly with
> one of those valves stucked, but since I am no expert when it comes to
> automatic transmissions I might be completely wrong here :)Â  Â
> I guess the oil pressure at the cooler lines is built up by either the
> front or rear pump in the tranny?  I am sure those two will be OK, since
> the tranny is working fine.  Â
> Anyway, I have enough time to find out before next spring arrives.Â
> Â
> Thanks for all your help so far,Â
> Â
> RobertÂ
> Â
> 1960 Crown Southampton (in wintersleep mode)Â
> Â
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "PAUL WENTINK" <randalpark@xxxxxxx>Â
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Â
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:26 PMÂ
> Subject: Re: IML: 1960 torqueflite In Line FiltersÂ
> Â
> This filter is about the size of a soup can and should be easy to spotÂ
> in the line, about mid way between the transmission and cooler. I haveÂ
> only seen this filter on 1962 and newer. The 1960 model that my parentsÂ
>  bought new, doesn't have one, and niether does my '60 LeBaron, or myÂ
> 1956 with the same transmission. These cars may have not ever had one,Â
> or they could have been removed at some point. If they didn't have it,  it
> would make sense that it began in 1962 coinciding with the redesign  of
> the Torqueflite.  Â
> On the car purchased new by my folks, there were things that my father,Â
> the engineer, would change to make them the way that he thought best.Â
> Over the last 25 years, I have been working on restoring all of hisÂ
> modifcations back to the original factory spec's, and that is one I mayÂ
> have missed. He had bypassed the original cooler and added an externalÂ
> one, mounted under the car, not in front of the radiator, or A/CÂ
> condensor. He was convinced that nothing should ever be placed in frontÂ
>  of that unit, not even a bug screen. He may have been right, althoughÂ
> the A/C on our car stopped working in about 1964. Since I have had theÂ
> car, I have come to realize that the expansion valve failed. He  couldn't
> have done anything to prevent that. The external cooler was  finally
> removed and the original cooler reconnected after I had the  radiator
> rebuilt a few years back. If there had been an inline filter,  I'm sure
> that he would have removed it at the same time he installed  that
> cooler.  Â
> Any 1956 through 1961 Torqueflite owners find this filter installed inÂ
> their cooler lines?  Â
> Paul W.Â
> Â
> -----Original Message-----Â
> From: Rob van der Es <R.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Â
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxÂ
> Sent: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 1:01 amÂ
> Subject: Re: IML: 1960 torqueflite questionÂ
> Â
> Â
> Thanks Roger!Â
> Â
> Â
> I think you are right, I thought it was just a coupler to connect twoÂ
> pieces of the cooler line.....  Â
> But this could well be an inline filter!Â
> Â
> I will check it out as soon as the weather clears up a little, lots ofÂ
> rain here at the moment you see :(Â  Â
> Â
> Thanks again,Â
> Â
> Â
> RobertÂ
> Â
> ----- Original Message -----Â
> Â
> From: mopar37206@xxxxxxxÂ
> Â
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxÂ
> Â
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 4:48 AMÂ
> Â
> Subject: IML: 1960 torqueflite questionÂ
> Â
> Â
> I believe you have an in-line filter located in the cooler lines aboutÂ
> halfway between the trans and the radiator. That's worthÂ
> checking/replacing.  Â
> Cheers,Â
> Â
> RogerÂ
> Â
> PhoenixÂ
> Â
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