1950 custom tranny ?

[Guest franks 50]

hey guys i inherited a 1950 custom from my grandpa

it sat for eleven years and i got her running real good.

im a little wooried about the tranny

its the ultramatic and i need to know how to check the fluid

do i do this with it running ,off ,or in gear?

any help would be great

thank you

by the way grandpa frank restored this car in his 80's just before he died and i would love to get it going for him

[HH56]

From the 23rd series owners manual. Note that if the transmission had a check valve removed per a later service bulletin, the time period to check after engine is stopped is 1 minute instead of the original 5 minutes.

[Guest franks 50]

that should be a big help

i have another dumb question

i put 4 qts of fluid in it level seemed ok and i drove it a little

next day i tried to drive it after warming it up for about 5 minutes and it would not move

was it cold?

did all my fluid go into the torque converter

or do i have a real issue?

thank you for the help

Edited April 18, 2013 by franks 50 (see edit history)

[HH56]

A little confused here. Do you mean you put in 4 quarts to what was in the transmission already or 4 quarts total after a drain and what type fluid did you use. The transmission holds almost 12 quarts total -- approximately 5 of which is in the converter. Either case would bear investigating. If you added 4 to the original, why was it so low to begin with and if it only had 4 in addition to what was left in the half full converter (as it would have drained to half full after engine was stopped for a few minutes), how did it move. Type F is the closest available now to the original type A specified but some of the non synthetic Dexron types applicable for older Fords are also OK.