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mmindling · 06-09-2012, 09:41 PM

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Hi, this is Martin in Ohio. Many thanks to all who made helpful suggestions
regarding the multi-disc clutch problems in my 1928 phaeton. Sprayed two cans of brake cleaner through the clutch and drained it. In the gear box, put in a mixture of Lucas Oil Stabilizer and Transmission Heavy Oil. With both changes made, took it out for a drive and found a marginal to good improvement in the clutch action and related improvement to the gear grinding problem. The drive was also fun, reckless on country roads.

Question: Does anyone know what plant is identified by the body number "M"? My car has a stamped number on the floor panel support which is
M*335. The M is very large (much larger than the numbers) and almost
appears to be stamped with a different kind of tool, while the star and 335 are clearly a single type of stamp tool. When did the M plant start production? Why the wierd anomoly in the stamped numbers? Could I be misreading the M instead of a real identifier? It is much more faint than
the numbers.

Thanks for the input,

Regards,

[email protected]

06-09-2012, 09:41 PM	#1
mmindling Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: SouthEast Ohio Posts: 125	More about transmission fluid plus question Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Hi, this is Martin in Ohio. Many thanks to all who made helpful suggestions regarding the multi-disc clutch problems in my 1928 phaeton. Sprayed two cans of brake cleaner through the clutch and drained it. In the gear box, put in a mixture of Lucas Oil Stabilizer and Transmission Heavy Oil. With both changes made, took it out for a drive and found a marginal to good improvement in the clutch action and related improvement to the gear grinding problem. The drive was also fun, reckless on country roads. Question: Does anyone know what plant is identified by the body number "M"? My car has a stamped number on the floor panel support which is M*335. The M is very large (much larger than the numbers) and almost appears to be stamped with a different kind of tool, while the star and 335 are clearly a single type of stamp tool. When did the M plant start production? Why the wierd anomoly in the stamped numbers? Could I be misreading the M instead of a real identifier? It is much more faint than the numbers. Thanks for the input, Regards, [email protected]