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OK here's a little "trick" to help with the apply of the front and rear clutch packs. You have a lathe cut a 1/16" deep ridge on the bottom of the apply piston. Extend it 1/2" outward from the center of the piston. See picture. This allows a faster apply of the clutches since there is already a...

I'll address that issue soon, with pictures !

I took pictures of the piston with the large seal ring. Now if they had used a "locking" seal ring that would have made a huge difference, but I'm sure the cost would have been extreme !

I'm pretty sure the poster just got some "misinformation" along the way. I posted that rebuild thread. I didn't just try but did rebuild several injection pumps. In fact I rebuilt four of them. Of course I've rebuilt injections pumps before at work so it's not like I just decided one day "hey...

I was reading the old thread "HydraMatic Heaven" and a lot of the information about shifting is true, but the information about oil is not. The reason people seem to find the transmission works better with a heavier viscosity fluid is that the "Military" HydraMatic from the factory leaked...

OK I already spilled the beans on tonight's topic. The "dreaded lockup" in high gear. The apply port for this piston is extremely small. The only reason I could imagine they did this was to prevent a hard apply of the piston. What they really did was limit the time the fluid had to apply the...

I can tell you right now what happens when this "dreaded lockup" occurs. That large 13" diameter piston is hanging up due to a slow drain down on release. I was going to show people how to fix this tonight in fact.

Thanks Dave for all your help in this project. For those who don't know, plowBoy Dave is supplying the gaskets and seals I will need to complete this rebuild.

It would be like finding a very small needle in the proverbial Haystack. The plunger was factory honed to the bore of the Hydraulic Head. I suppose if you found a plunger that was slightly wider than your old one you could hone out the bore, but you would need some extremely precise machining...

No plunger ? They need to fit the plunger to the Hydraulic Head. So they must sell the plunger with the head.

Hey Dave. In those rebuild kits for the HydraMatics, are they just gaskets and a few rubber seals ? Need to know. How is the search for bushings and thrustwashers and seal rings going ? Thanks. Rustystud.

There is a way to adjust the fuel density plate manually. It has been done by a guy here. As far as going to electronics to control anything that would be extremely difficult to say the least ! One. There is no physical room in the Deuce injection pump for electronics. Second, it is all...

Some people have wondered about the operation of the reduction unit. So I'll try and explain it here. This transmission (The HydraMatic) was basically the "first" truly automatic transmission made. That being said they didn't know how most mechanical and hydraulic issues should be delt with...

There are differences between civilian and military units. The front pump is "not" one of them though. All HydraMatics came with the 7 vane front pump. That being said there is a surprise I'm going to post here later. The rear pump is the same also except for the line going to the reduction...

You might be able to salvage this Hyd Head. After dealing with whatever is scratching the shaft you can take some "jewelers rouge" and polish the shaft back to a usable one again. You might need to use a really small ultra fine file at first to knock down the high ridges on the shaft. Once the...

I'm gonna show you why you should clean all your parts as best you can. This crack was not visible until I sandblasted the housing. You can plainly see it has gone clear through the housing and it's at one of the four ears which holds the bellhousing on. This housing is "junk" . Next up is the...

So here's the steel plates. The first one is brand new NOS steels. The second one is slightly used and I buffed them out. The next two are really used but they could be reused if you were desperate. Which in this time means they will get used as parts are almost gone now. The last steel is...

Who takes apart a brand new part to inspect it ? You did nothing wrong. Anyone of us would have done the same thing.

I'm glad you decided to take it apart. You never know what is in there unless you look.

Thanks ! Here's some pictures of the mess right now.