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Old 03-29-2026, 08:50 AM   #3
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You're likely right. Front seal or torque converter seal will throw oil all over and generally smoke on the exhaust. The pan gasket was 1P-77486-A in 1951 but I'm not sure about 52. They were basically the same unit through 1953 anyway.
Ok thanks for that. I will add that number to my list of possibilities as I contnue the search for the one I (think) I bought several years ago and put away in a "good place". Is it true that these transmissions have a screen instead of a replaceable filter?
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