Sal M.

I’m going to hook up a tach.

I will take a look at all the things Greg spoke about. I have done what Ivan stated. With the car off the ground it would onl rev up to a certain spot and the speed odometer only went to 40 miles an hour and thats it.. I appreciate everyones input, thank you I will keep you guys posted.

Just got it back from the Transmission shop and Clutch and Tranny are good. He mentioned restriction of fuel. It has a new fuel pum and gas tank and the carb was rebuilt. Next is taking off the manifold to see if someting is restricting the flow.

I'n Central California Manteca 60 miles south of Sacramento.

That makes sense. I will have the transmission shop focus on the clutch. Thanks all of you for your feedback. My fluid in the fluid drive is full.

John Reddit stated restricted issues with exhaust. A mechanic stated there may be some blockages and wants to remove the exhaust manifold to check for blockages. So I need to start somewhere.

So what I have come to find out. It is going into 3rd. Gear but just doesn’t go the motor revs up but it doesn’t go past 40mph. It has not gone low on gas and doesn’t sputter. Drivetrain issues would be rear end?

So I must have the fluid drive with the 3speed manual transmission. So when I get into 3rd gear it does not go past 45 mph. What can I check if that is the case?

I have tried driving it shifting in all the ways possible. I just don’t have no speed. I’ve never had a fluid drive, so I am open to try anything.

I do but it doesn’t tell me much on what to check. There was no mention of a relay. On another thread I read about a governor. I’m going to go back to my manual to see if I missed something. Thanks. I just have no speed

So what could be out of adjustment. it has clean gas and has had a tune up.

I have tried all these and I can not get past 45mph.

So I had bought this car that had sat for awhile. I finally got it running and it has the fluid drive. So when in gear where second would be. I give it gas and let off the gas and it does not shift. When I put it in the next gear where 3rd gear is i give it gas and it does not shift when I let off the gas. Top speed is around 40 MPH. I have checked the fluid in the the fluid drive and it is good. What else can I check? I took it to a mechanic that works on old cars and he thinks there may be something behind the manifold that is blocking it and not allowing for more speed. I tend to lean towards something in the transmission that is not working properly. Any help or suggestion would be helpful. I did do a search on past post and could not find anything. I do have an appointment to take it to a transmission shop. he says he needs to open it up to see inside to see what is wrong.

So I disconnected the linkage. My questinon is are both of these supposed to move. This is just a picture of a Transmission like mine. The one near the spline moves but the one in the rear does not move. Reverse and 1st move the front one and when hooked up and the rear does not move only when linkage is disconnected from the rear one it shifts on the column into all gears.

So I disconnected the rear linkage on my transmission and it shifted to all 4 gears on the column. It has 2 linkages on the tranny the one in front moves manuely and the rear lever does not move it's stiff. I'm assuming that is for the 2nd and 3rd gear.

I have a 47 Dodge that will not go into gear it is a Fluid drive. I took it to the shop and they said the linkage was fine and the problem is inside the transmission. Thet woul have to open it up to tell me what the problem is. A friend has a transmission from a 1940 Plymouth and said it shold fit right in. Can anyone give me some input. I have been working on this 47 Convertable and have been putting it back together.

So it does not go into gear when it is parked and off.

I do have a fluid drive and I seen that I have to shift trough the gears before I can drive without shifting. When it is in first gear it doesn't go fast it revs up as I need to shift. But it will not go into 2nd or 3rd. The mechanic at the shop said the linkage is fine that it is in the transmission.

I have a 47 Dodge that I am trying to get going. It has been parked for some time after putting in a new tank and fuel pump it starts up and I drove it for the first time and it did not go into 2nd and 3 rd gear. Everything is all original it appears but does not go into gear. I took it to a shop and they said it was not me linkage and said it is probaly inside the Trany and wantd to pull it. Any help or suggestions would be grealy appreciated. TIA