[TheForge] Need more 65 falcon transmission help

[Jeff Harding]

  I used to know a guy that was a true "craftsman" when it comes to
building automatic transmissions, I asked him about the "pushing the
automatic" fast enough to start it. When I was a kid, I know it was
done commonly.  His explanation was that some of the older automatics,
and he named them, had pumps in the front and the BACK of the tranny.
Some of those with pumps in the rear, while being pushed, would build
enough pressure in the system to cause  the clutches to grab and turn
the engine over at around 30 MPH...

   And I agree, sounds like a warranty job, providing you got a good
warranty.  This guy specialized in rebuilding trannys that had "just
been rebuilt",  building trannys should be left to people that have a
mind and patience for detail.  It was usually the simplest of problems
that caused returns, and often the returns were a result of not
changing out parts that "looked" ok, when the tolerances involved in
being OK or NOT OK were in the thousandths and the part was a large
uneven piece that would have taken a precision jig to even measure the
difference.  He just changed those kind of parts when he rebuilt,
other guys and most often the chain joints leave these parts laying
around in "spares" boxes and would change them around like it didn't
matter.  Hence the specialization in "rebuilding the "new rebuilt"
tranny".  It's amazing to my very mechanical mind, how precise these
things are and how many never have a problem.

   Jeff   ><>


> THis is perfectly normal.  Automatics employ a fluid coupling, so
free
> rolling would be the case no matter what.  Also, without power, an
> automatic will not engage is put into Drive or Reverse.  That is why
> you cannot push start an automatic, though I have heard it said you
> can if you get it up to something like 60 mph, but I'm not at all
> convinced this is so.  In any event, I have never tried it.