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| | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 35 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 35 | We are probably going to try and start 55 3100 with Hydramatic this week. It has been sitting for a little over 30 years. Any special considerations for the transmission? What kind of oil does it take? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
Type A AT fluid was originally used.
People use Dexron Type II (or, Type III), not Type F.
Or, call Gene Berck at Restoration Hydramatics in Salinas, CA
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,299 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,299 | Type A was made from whales or something like that causing it's end of manufacture.
The advice that I got was the same as Tim mentioned with Dextron.
I was told that type F would be too tough on the soft frictional surfaces of the clutches and bands. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | I called Gene a few months ago an he said to use Dextron lll ... Vavoline Label
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
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