<VV> seafoam, lips and ships / security / (humor?)
Louis C. Armer,Jr.
carmerjr at mindspring.com
Thu Feb 15 17:46:34 EST 2007
Sealed lips were always appreciated if you were on a
boat/ship..........................
or driving a powerglide !!! <GGG>
da Chuckster
Chuck Armer
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At 04:17 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote:
>Harry,
>
> Just an associated reply. I fixed my hard shifting 140 pg with a
> used vacuum modulator, now reverse is now hard to select.
>
> When it is cold (like 10 degrees) I first let it warm up a few
> minuets then put it in drive, then neutral, rev the engine and
> carefully select reverse. It seems to work then. After it is driven
> till the engine warmed up, reverse takes a second to select.
>
> Where do you get this Seafoam??? I'll try anything short of
> remove/repair/replace.
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>Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I did the video for Clarks, so I think it's pretty good :)
>No reverse is usually due to a bad (hard/leaky) reverse piston seal.
>You might try one of the 'tunups-in-a-can'; the one I like is made by
>Seafoam. Try it; it may swell the seal to do its job.
>They used two different reverse piston seals in the Powerglide thruout
>production; one a lip seal, the other a square cut job. The lip seal is a
>better seal.
>
>harry yarnell
>perryman garage and orphanage
>hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
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