claybill Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 the mayor of our town bought a 47 dodge fluid drive.!!! a beauty and he loves it. knowing i am a forum member he asked me.. '" it shifts forward fine..but when i coast to a stop it doesnt shift down into 2nd. what needs to be fixed or adjusted." claybill Quote
YukonJack Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 Not real sure, but I think you manually have to down shift. If you don't down shift from 3rd, I believe you then can start from a stop in 3rd. Not positive though. Quote
James_Douglas Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 Go here...read this...follow instructions...James http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Lit/Master/012B/cover.htm Quote
greg g Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 Is he sure what transmission his car is equiped with??? Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) I think 1949 was the 1st "GyroMatic" 2 range hydraulically operated transmission for Dodge. He will have to do it the old way and manually downshift. Edited June 23, 2011 by Dodgeb4ya Quote
greg g Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 ^^^^^ correct statment no semi in dodge till 49. hope he realizes how important it is to use the parkinng brake when the engine is off. Quote
normanpitkin Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 indeed,even with the parking brake on still risky parking on a hill.A lot of people used to carry wooden chocks with them for that very purpose! Quote
Dan Hiebert Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 The answer to the question is that its not supposed to downshift by itself. Fluid drive is the coupling, not an automatic or semi-automatic transmission. Quote
boxer_inv Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 The answer to the question is that its not supposed to downshift by itself. Fluid drive is the coupling, not an automatic or semi-automatic transmission. Exactly the right answer. I'm fairly sure Dorothy and Daisy have never shifted themselves up or down the gears without driver input in their 63-odd years! Myself, I love the nice burbling sound the flathead makes when moving off nice and easy in top gear from a standing start at lights. As they say, low and slow.....low and sloww..... Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 People back inthe day never understood the Fluid Drive with and with out the M4,5 and and 6, let alone Fluid Torque Drive and still don't today. Fluid Drive, Fluid-Matic, Simpli-Matic, Tip-Toe Shift, Hydraulically Operated ,Vacamatic and on and on and on! Yeah, better have a good E-brake with all of them. Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted June 23, 2011 Report Posted June 23, 2011 Whoops, And another one I have a few of-- the "PrestoMatic", for the 1949-50 Chryslers. Quote
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