Dale Gribble Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, austinsailor said: Dale could answer that. Dale, is it like a normal 3 on the tree, or a 2 range sort-of automatic? Either will have a clutch and torque converter type arrangement. Regardless, a donor car should provide all the parts needed to go to a normal 3 speed. I’m 99% it’s the low and high semi auto .... but I’ve only driven it once , and that was less than a mile ... i do know when I stop the car I did not shift and I was able to just get out of the car and set the parking brake and then get back in turn the parking brake off and take off again Edited September 11, 2018 by Dale Gribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 how about a photograph of your transmission.....left and right side.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted September 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 About the best pics I could get tonight .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted September 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) url=https://postimg.cc/4n2LCzTQ][img]https://i.postimg.cc/4n2LCzTQ/8_A17_B644-4973-4976-99_C4-85_DBC8_C99_D5_D.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/jD7k4CmQ][img]https://i.postimg.cc/jD7k4CmQ/D02876_DD-4_DC9-4_B42-_BD74-743_B88_A9_CDD2.jpg[/img][/url] Edited September 27, 2018 by Dale Gribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted September 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 Anybody ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted March 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Started it up for the first time this year .... super impressed it started second hit of the key ..... just need tires , and to figure out how to shift the damned thing . Only drove it around the block twice ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Reddie Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Great video. I had a '48 Dodge very similar to yours; mine had the outside visor too. I like your ignition switch plate that is mounted beneath the original. My Dodge was the only car that I ever had that the ignition switch failed in. I'd be driving along and the engine would cut out momentarily and the come back on causing a hell of an an explosion in the exhaust system. I quickly had it replaced because I feared that I'd get pulled over for doing deliberate key bangers. Yours appears to have a rear seat fold down arm rest which mine did not. Thanks some much for posting this video. It brings back fond memories. John R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Your Dodge has the standard shifting 3 speed with the typical Fluid Drive coupling. Shift it like any other 3 speed car..... yes you can leave the clutch out with it in gear at stops... Some people do this taking off from stops in 2nd gear then shift into high.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted March 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 11:59 AM, Dodgeb4ya said: Your Dodge has the standard shifting 3 speed with the typical Fluid Drive coupling. Shift it like any other 3 speed car..... yes you can leave the clutch out with it in gear at stops... Some people do this taking off from stops in 2nd gear then shift into high.. Having never owned a standard 3 speed manual with column shift , I’m still thoroughly confused 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 though I will say I personally hate the three on the tree, they are not confusing....if you took it around the block long ago..the shift pattern is still the same....if the fluid coupling is what is tripping you up, once in gear and you come to a stop....you need only to use the brake pedal UNLESS you are wishing to down shift....1st and second is not a real problem for level intown style pull away. Clutch and shift via the lever on the tree for gear adequate for the situation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted March 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 It got it into reverse , and what I think is a high gear . That was the extent of going around the block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackTheFinger Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 It's an H pattern shift. Toward you and up is reverse, directly down from there is 1st, away and up is 2nd and straight down from there is 3rd. Lots of us grew up driving three on the tree. If we were careful it was clutch-optional after taking off in first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Reddie Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 12:59 PM, Dodgeb4ya said: Your Dodge has the standard shifting 3 speed with the typical Fluid Drive coupling. Shift it like any other 3 speed car..... yes you can leave the clutch out with it in gear at stops... Some people do this taking off from stops in 2nd gear then shift into high.. I found this type of transmission to be nice to drive with, especially in stop and go traffic. I would leave it in second gear and move slowly with the traffic until I was able to resume normal cruising speed. There were some people back then who never really got the feel for the friction clutch type like the P15 Plymouth's had and for them, the Fluid Drive was a blessing.? John R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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