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    Elmore Ohio
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    All kinds of music
    American autos, especially 1940 - 1962
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    1953 Plymouth Cambridge two-door club sedan / 1962 Mercury Meteor two-door sedan

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    Retired computer programmer and amateur classical pianist
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  1. UPDATE: So we put the old three speed trans back in the car -- it still drove the same. Hooked up a dwell meter and found the dwell was w-a-a-y-y off. Opened the distributor and found tiny brass filings in the cap and base. Looked like the rotor had been shearing away at the contacts in the cap. Thinking this is causing the engine to misfire, especially under load. New cap and rotor, or new distributor?? (Thanks for the tip, 1951plymouth -- hoping my R10 is not the problem after all)!
  2. Yep, and we drained both the transmission and the overdrive unit. The transmission oil looked clean, but the OD unit had kind of a gray 'haze' to it.
  3. I have a 1953 Plymouth with the stock flathead six and a Borg-Warner R10 overdrive trans. I recently installed a new clutch, pressure plate and throwout bearing. Now when accelerating in third gear and/or third gear overdrive, the transmission sounds (and feels) like it is about to drop off of the car. We put the car on the lift and the overdrive unit was hot to the touch (and I mean 'engine block' hot). Any ideas? Many thanks!
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