Tony,
I had this
problem many years ago in a 64 Dodge. When cold, it would not shift out of
first unless the engine was run up to at least 4000 rpm. After the first shift,
everything was normal until it got cold again. I suspected something was
sticking internally, probably in the valve body. My guess was varnish in the
fluid caused a check ball to stick, so I changed the fluid. The problem went
away immediately and forever (or at least the next 4 years until the car went
down the road). A fluid change is as cheap and easy as it gets. My 56 had a
drain plug in the PowerFlite tranny and converter, but I think they did away
with those in 57.
Dave
Homstad
56 Dodge
D500
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Subject: [FWDLK] 57 Dodge
Torqueflite troubles
Hi
List,
Beginning
a couple days ago, the Torqueflite transmission in my 57 Dodge CRL started
getting contrary. It starts up fine in first, shifts smoothly to second,
but it doesn’t want to go into third. This only happens when the car is
cold. After several stops and starts it eventually shifts down into
third, and from then on shifts without a problem for the remainder of the trip
and as along as the car stays warmed up. Any ideas about what might be
causing this? Something cheap and easy, I devoutly hope!
Tony in
Idaho
57
Dodge CRL
39
DeSoto
69
Barracuda
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