Re: [Chrysler300] Torqueflight woes and vinyl roof protection?

[Brandt Jimerson <brandt300g@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Christopher & all!

PROBLEM SOLVED! Yeap, the bands needed to be tighter. Melissa's shifts are firm 
(ha) and the 1 to 2 upshifts at full throttle are really and I mean really 
nice!! She 'glides' down in tone and 'keeps me in my seat' through the shift!! 
I'm thrilled!! ;-D    ...Once again, the Torqueflight band adjustment link is: 
www.mopar1.us/band.html .  Happy New Year to all!!

Sincerely & 300ly, Brandt & Family
300G
San Diego, Ca. area. (Home of Melissa).




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From: christopher beilby <thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: brandt300g@xxxxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, January 1, 2011 2:49:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Torqueflight woes and vinyl roof protection?


1) As no one else yet replied, I reply, but I sure others in US must know way 
more than me re old Torqueflights!!!??

Brandt and other 300 owners re Torqueflight woes/failures - years ago I had one 
of my cast iron torqueflights rebuilt. As soon as I collected it, it seemed to 
need more revs that I thought to get car to move off, and after a few miles it 
failed. From memory I think it was the large retaining ring in the front clutch 
had not been 'snapped home'fully, and therefore all the clutch plates etc were 
not held (home/closed) fully. Trans worked with revs, but too much oil/pressure 
obviously escaping, such trans/clutch failed in short time. At same time I had 
same problem with '58 Cad convert trans the same guy rebuilt at same time!!! -  
the unsecured front cover of clutch rode forward and destroyed/ruined I think 
front cover/oil pump housing.  


I know for sure that was what wrecked my Cad trans, and I fairly sure it was 
also something with front clutch of 300C trans, but I cannot remember how we 
fixed Totquelight - the Cad required wrecking another trans to get the cast 
housing parts that sit/bolt at front of inside of trans, where the original 
parts were ruined/gouged.  If your trans has failed twice after low miles, at 
least this bit of your story rings same as my woes??  Good luck, sounds like 
maybe get George Rhiel rebuild it/one, ?


2) Anyone had any experience re a US made small spray bottle of "Aerospace 
Protectant", made by "303 Products Inc".
I recently was lucky/stupid enough to buy a real nice/dry mint '78 Town Landau 
Tbird which standard had two part vinyl roof (split by stainless/alloy band like 
'57/58 Cad Broughams used), and the red vinyl and red dashtop etc are like new 
and I do not wish to see our aussie sun destroy it, but aware many warn of the 
woes/damage by using """"Armoural"""  to protect stuff like this, I was 
suggested that this stuff is the real deal.  The bottle says it was developed re 
aerospace and aviation protection against UV rays - is the stuff any good, or it 
it a con like gas mileage savers, etc..

I have 4 cars now that have vinyl roofs (yes all are NOT 300s, but hey there 
were one or two nice US perf/luxo cars after 300s went off their original course 
later on??!) , 3 which roofs are now new ( I found a real good cheap US 
supplier, who can supply most factory orig grainings, if anyone needs a 
supplier), and so if this stuff is what those in US know/trust, I will use it 
and stick with it for all vinyl roofs/dashtops, 300s interior plastic, etc, 
where sun will destroy.
Doing up an old car to keep is bad enough, but to lose it all over time to sun 
again, is not real clever if a simple spray once a year of so will protect?!

(IF UNFAMILAR WITH '303 brand stuff, anyone know what is good/best re other 
major supplier such as Meguires/other, that I may buy over here - we only get 
biggest suppliers usually, the 303 brand an odd exception re it being 
unknown/small brand.)

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Australia, where we already into our 2nd day of the new 
year. Here it has been a mixed, often pretty hard year, our economy saved by 
China buying lots of minerals, which is lucky, as daily our Govts seem to get 
more disconnected and wasteful re our future and spending money wisely.
Many living in north east corner of nation suffering huge floods, others in 
south struggling to get rain crops off that were not ruined by unseasonal rains. 
Our national woes way less than the hard times faced by many isn US and other - 
may 2011 be a better year for many - it next few weeks our biggest annual car 
events start a four month run, and of course in US, soon our your biggest volume 
collector Car Auctions. I plan to use my 300s more this year, maybe finally 
'just make time' to get an 'aussie 300 grouping/chapted' up here.

Christopher Australia
ps on ebay, aussie dollar with paypal was 99.64c to 100c US last night - first 
time since 1983 in about to be over US dollar - thanks only to raw materials 
exports, our manufacturing industries now near all gone overseas - last year a 
real nice red 300F came in, but not much news I know re other 300s heading here 
due to strength of our dollar/etc.    





To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: brandt300g@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 01:26:32 -0800
Subject: [Chrysler300] Interesting Torqueflight info!


  



Hello to all in 300sville!

I just got Melissa (my G), out of the tranny shop for the 3RD TIME because my 
tranny blew a few weeks ago and it's on a 1 year, 12,000 mile warranty so that 
parts cool (can't recall if I posted that)! ....And now I get her back and there 

is a little slippage (run away) on 3 to 2 kickdowns at over say, 50 - 55 mph. 
There was a slip or 'run away' only one time that I can recall during a 3 to 1 
kickdown ...'ouch'..right? Well maybe not! I think it's band adjustment. This is 

what I got from google that set me to a link and it is as follows: 
www.mopar1.us/band.html . Check it out!! It was just my gut feeling because even 

before I found the info, I felt that it was band slippage (but still can be 
wrong? Any suggestions?) The fact that my engine was rebuilt and it was a KILLER 

rebuild (remember how I explained that Melissa pinned me in my seat!?) suggests 
that the local tranny shop (whom has an excellent reputation in my opinion 
hopefully) ;-D , adjusted it to what they figured and IS correct according to 
what I think they did ...which is doing it by the book to factory specs. Now 
what I found suggests that the factory settings ( 'X number of turns, then Y 
turns in opposite direction or something like that), was to provide customers 
with a smoother shift. What this page suggests is that the adjustment is 
determined by 'until you can barely turn driveshaft with hand...etc..etc. It 
explains it all!! Well, Happy New Year everyone!!! I am writing this 1 hr and 23 

minutes into the new year!

Sincerely & 300ly, Brandt H J with a soon fine running G at last!!

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