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Grant

11-20-2017 @ 5:32 AM

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Does anyone know if the 1953 pickup truck Fordomatic torque converter is larger than the 1953 Ford passenger car torque converter?

I'm going to try to re-post the photos which seem to have somehow disappeared from this old discussion..........

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HI Grant and thank you so much for your help.. My cousins 53 F100 has sure been giving us a bit of trouble.. His brother had taken it all apart probably 20 years ago and a box of parts was missing along with the driveshaft.. The drive plate for the transmission was missing . I located one through a fine member of a Ford club ,but I think its for a car not a truck, as we mounted it to the trans and then mounted it to the engine , the studs of the torque converter scr*pe the bell housing .. I had read in that post of 2011 , that it was made for the 1953 f100 just for that year.. I just wondered if you happened to have a picture of that also.. Thank you again and this club makes me want to buy a Ford for myself . Great to be a member now and thanks again .. Mark

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Hi Mark. Welcome to the club and this forum page.

I've just answered your PM. Some of the information in that response is wrong ............ I was going by memory ............. this post is six years old and I think there is more than one early Fordomatic in our storage building. Sorry about the confusion.

For some reason I can't open the photos either. If possible they will be reposted.

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HI There and Im new to the club.. I have been helping my cousin out with his 53 Ford pick up with a Fordomatic..
I somehow stumbled on an old post here from 2011 and you had a 53 ford engine with an automatic transmission..
The truck my cousin owns has been in his family since 1953 and it was stock with the automatic transmission. It belonged to his grandfather and was used to deliver pasta in San Francisco and he ordered it with an automatic because of all the hills.. I am helping him with it and I wonder if you have a picture of it as Im trying to figure out where the lines go to the cooler on the transmission.. I can't seem to open the old pictures on here ..Thank you so much for any response.. Mark

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Great information. Thanks again. Much appreciated.

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Grant: As stated above, cooling was a problem with early Ford-O-Matics. The outboard cooler is similiar to transmission coolers sold today for vehicles with heavy loads, such as pulling a trailer. They are usually installed in the oil line leading to the radiator tank to precool the fluid. Automatic transmissions work best when they are hot, but will destruct if overheated. The coolant temp in the radiator allows the transmission to rise to operating temperature almost as soon as the engine is started. This is particularly important in winter months. The main heat generator is the torque converter. That is why there was an air vent in the housing. I know that running the transmission fluid to and thru a hot radiator seems counter intuitive, but it is standard engineering. Radiator coolant temperature, even under pressure, stays well below the level that would result if no cooling was provided for the fluid. I can't help you with a part number, but aftermarket coolers are readily available.

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Also, the trans lines to the front were 1/2 inch. The trans pump probably moved alot of fluid to try to keep it cool. Having a rear cooler showed that the radiator by itself was not enough to cool the fluid. Remember, Ford had just started the year before ( 1952 ) to offer thier own automatic. 53 was still a year where they were still sorting the bugs out. And I think that these units were prone to running hot. What you have there is 100% correct.

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