Clutch and Transmission Work!!!!!

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I got enough stuff re-attached today that I was able to start the Pacemaker and see if I had the clutch and transmission installed properly.



They work!!!!!! I am able to shift through all the gears just fine. I will have to adjust the clutch pedal (still do not have the main spring on yet) as I get a little grinding going into reverse. But then maybe attaaching the drive shaft to the output shaft will help that.



My goal is to get enough re-assembled to be able to drive it on the trailer when the Army moves us in three weeks back to Fort Leonard Wood (Route 66, here I come).

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Hudson308 wrote:
    Congratulations!

    The grinding problem may also be a simple adjustment of the shift linkage rod... especially if the grinding happens in 2nd, as well.

    On the off chance you swapped in the tranny from a long-wheelbase car, you're probably already aware that the single shift lever on the transmission itself is different on the Pacemaker vs. the LWB cars. The "clocking" of the double-D mounting hole is different to allow for the different shift rod length/position.
    I was not aware that the Pacemaker and LWB "R" type transmissions were different. But this happens to be the original gear box for the car.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Congratulations! It's always great when a plan comes together.:)

    Where's Fort Leonard Wood?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    RL Chilton wrote:
    Congratulations! It's always great when a plan comes together.:)



    Where's Fort Leonard Wood?
    I-44 West/South West out of St. Louis, towards Springfield, MO and Tulsa, OK.



    Home of the Engineener, Chemical and Military Police Schools, Basic Training and a few other schools for Enlisted and Officers.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Hudson308 wrote:
    The differences were all external (bolt-ons), unless Hudson offered some special Pacemaker-only 1st and 2nd gear ratios. Clutch diameter and the aforementioned shift lever are the two things I noticed were different. I learned about the latter when bolting a '51 Pacemaker overdrive trans into my '49 Super 6. The Pacemaker trans also had a strange right-angle gear reducer for the speedo cable, but I think Hudson did that on a few models for a little while in '51.



    My speedo cable goes into the factory OD Unit at a right angle also, drivers side, opposit the OD govenor.
  • nick s
    nick s Senior Contributor
    Pacemaker500 wrote:
    My goal is to get enough re-assembled to be able to drive it on the trailer when the Army moves us in three weeks back to Fort Leonard Wood (Route 66, here I come).
    When you get to Fort Leonard Wood, let me know I have something for you to check out in the neighborhood
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