1960 f100 with 292 yblock which auto trans to use?

[56 ford custom]

What am I doing with 2 feet of hose

[all american boy]

'56
ok.
until further notice
i'm treating this as a hoax.
no more posts here for me.
if someone else wants to
explain this to him fine.

Have A Nice Day!

[56 ford custom]

This is not a hoax, I am trying to understand it all before doing something wrong. Im gonna go buy some degreaser and clean it up as much as I can. Then post more pics for you?

[all american boy]

'56
i'm very sorry.
now you're making me feel like the lowest kind of rat.
let me know if you want to talk to
chary tranny on phone.

bob

[all american boy]

'56
masking tape and baggies
on tranny where water might get in.
a little water is ok.
can change fluid later.

bob

[56 ford custom]

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I will shoot you a pm

[rick55]

If you have a tranny with cooler lines do not plug them up. The killer with autos is heat. This is why in 56 FOMs were fitted with water cooling lines. You can always put an aftermarket transmission cooler in your car and mount it up front by the radiator. The COM is a true three speed transmission and when you start in L or or D1 it will start off in 1st gear without having to floor the accelerator like a FOM. The COM is an evolution of the FOM which is why they look so similar. The FMX is a hybrid of the two essentially and as I have said probably the better of the three. It was used in the States to about 79 and 82 here in Oz. it will bolt to a FOM bellhousing with minor modification but will need to use the later flexplate as it uses a converter which is smaller than the FOM. It does not have the rear pump that the FOM has, so cannot be push started to start engine like the FOM.
Your easiest and best solution is to use the COM with a separate transmission cooler so long as it is one of the three speed variety. They are just a bit more driver friendly than the FOM.
Regards

[56 ford custom]

Thanks for that. Now I understand alittle bit more on these transmissions. Now I just need to get the trans cleaned up so I can gauranty its a com.

[56 ford custom]

Ok I got a few more pics for you guys

This picture is a hard line coming from a fitting right under the top bolt that bolts trans to bellhousing on passenger side.


Here is the cooler


Here is a pic of the bellhusing with the mounting ears to prove its for a truck


That yellowish colored hardline thats going into the passenger front side of the motor is coming from the cooler


The drivers side cooler line


Drivers side


This hardline goes into the housing of the trans right above the bottom bolt for the trans into the bellhousing on drivers side. It comes upto the motor on a bracket but doesnt hook up to anything.


Same hard line as pic above. Right before shifting arms

[all american boy]

'56
picture #1
vent line
picture #2
transmission fluid lines in & out to cooler

suggestion: call the lines to engine block
'water transmission cooler lines'

is trans still connected to old engine?

bob

[all american boy]

'56
line on DRIVERS side of trans:
when i posted mine
best story i heard is it's to
hook up gauge to adjust something
in trans

those WATER lines AT block:
when i took them off WITH flare nut wrench
fittings in block crumbled apart from corrosion
AT THE BLOCK END OF LINES

bob

[all american boy]

'56
notes

KEEP CLEANING!

PLUG VENT LINE IN PIC #1 DURING CLEANING
tap a golf tee into it lightly!

bob

[all american boy]

'56
take the cooler off and put it in garage
connect the two cooler lines in pic #2
to each other
with rubber fuel line
then call charley

if you have to later
you can go get junkyard radiator
with trans cooler in bottom tank and
run lines up to it

go get 'em champ!

bob

[56 ford custom]

I was actually told that its better to run a seperate cooler. By the way whats wrong with what I have?

[all american boy]

'56
sounds like things have slowed down there.
that's a good thing.

what's wrong with 'mounted on trans' cooler?

remember my story about corroded block
fittings for water lines?

if you 'bonk' one of those lines while you're putting
eng/trans back in it'll be a real nightmare getting
broken fitting out of block with engine IN the truck.

take that old style cooler off now while it's easy.

bob

[56 ford custom]

Originally Posted by all american boy

'56
sounds like things have slowed down there.
that's a good thing.

what's wrong with 'mounted on trans' cooler?

remember my story about corroded block
fittings for water lines?

if you 'bonk' one of those lines while you're putting
eng/trans back in it'll be a real nightmare getting
broken fitting out of block with engine IN the truck.

take that old style cooler off now while it's easy.

bob

Ok, well.does anyone sel a kit specifically for this so I.can bolt on and go?

[all american boy]

'56
1 to be on safe side.
you know how to use a tubing cutter?
do you have one?

2 cut 2 transmission cooler FLUID lines
2" from fittings.

3 clamp on your piece of BLACK REINFORCED fuel line.
that way fluid circulates.
out one and in the other.

4 now you can finish putting truck back together.

Have A Nice Day!

[all american boy]

'56
NOTES:

NAPA has all parts you need.
REGISTER YOUR ACCOUNT ONLINE.
PM ME IF YOU NEED HELP DOING IT

YES THEY WOULD HAVE A LITTLE TRANS COOLER KIT
TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOUR PRESENT RADIATOR.

2 is it FREEZING where you are.
now that you have a plan
you could cover it with tarps and wait a month or two.

Have A Nice Day!

[Y-Blockhead]

I would recommend NOT bypassing the transmission cooler. The transmission will overheat. If you are concerned about the condition of the cooler lines replace them.

Or replace the water/trans fluid cooler with a air/trans fluid cooler.

Here is a picture of mine;

[56 ford custom]

All american, I really dont want to bypass a cooler. I really want the trans to have one. Its not cold here...I am in souther california.