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Your post motivated me to go look in my 1949-1952 Mercury Chassis Parts Catalog. Thank you for your help. I may have found the answer. According to the catalog, RC looks like it indicated a "reconditioned" trans & converter assembly. See photo from the book. This should also apply to the...

What I'm gathering from this article about the history of Ford-O-Matics, is that they were built at a new plant to manufacture their new automatic transmission. It was the Fairfax Transmission Plant, in Fairfax, Ohio, outside Cincinnati. I've found no info about them being built in Canada...

Charlie ******'s site has good info on identification, but nothing that shows the 1P-RC. A 1P-R indicates a 1953 Ford-Merc small case. A 1953+ Ford truck uses a PAD- or PMA- small case. Reference info: https://charlietranny.com/FordomaticID.htm...

This makes sense. If the 8RT was the truck Flathead, perhaps this RC is the truck Fordomatic behind that Flathead. This has not occurred to me. I'll investigate this further.

I've tried to find info on transmissions built in Canada (if any), and possibly tag differences. No luck yet.

Thanks for the reply. Your transmission rebuilds looks great. I'll definitely keep you in mind. I lived in Chicago for many years and I always enjoy a trip to visit again.

Hello All, I'm considering having my 8BA Flathead and Fordomatic rebuilt in the future, so I thought I'd inquire here to see if there are suggestions for where I should have this done. I'd prefer to take either of them to a place with experience rebuilding these. If you have a recommendation...

Hello All, I have two transmissions, one is a Fordomatic, and the other I believe is a Fordomatic. On one, it's an oval red tag, says FOMOCO automatic transmission, with 1P-70003-J. The serial number starts with a 10-xxxxxx. That should be a 1954 Fordomatic. My question is about the other...

Kilohertz, I was not expecting to find this cool thread, but I'm certainly glad I did. I'd love to do something similar on my 8Ba. I'm going to have to dig deeper into this. Nice work.

This is a used transmission that I installed. It had been drained and refilled, and I think there's some fluid in the TC. I just wanted to confirm I wasn't going to be ruining this thing if didn't have much in there.

Great, this is good news. Thank you for the quick replies. I did not know that a '51 & '53 transmission had some internal differences. Are these Merc-O-Matics fairly easy to rebuild? I would assume that any transmission shop could. Or am I wrong?

Hello Noble Ford Barn friends, I've got a '51 8BA with a '53 Merc-O-Matic in my '51 Mercury. When the transmission is reassembled into the car, is it necessary to put some fluid into the torque converter before assembly? Or, will it pull in the fluid from the transmission when it's started? I...

Hello Everyone, I need some clarification, please. I have an 8BA in a '51 Mercury. I've converted it to 12V. I've purchased 6V reproduction wiring harnesses for engine and dash/body. I'm using a Voltage Reducer on the back of the gauges. My question is about temp sending units. Am I...

I learned some good info, I'm glad I asked. I assumed a wide belt would be stronger. I don't have to change it to a wide belt, but I'm investigating.

Will a 3/8" belt work in a 5/8" pulley? Will a 5/8" belt work in a 3/8" pulley? Dumb questions, I know, but I'm curious. I currently have an 8BA Flathead using 3/8" belts/pulleys. I need to rebuild the water pumps, so I'm thinking of beginning to convert the pulleys over to the wide belts. If...