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delco1946 · 01-14-2019, 01:27 PM

So this past weekend was beautiful in Portland so i drove my 1955 Crown Victoria 292 with fordomatic. Its generally my daily if its not raining. once, it wouldn't go in reverse (last year) on a trip - likely unrelated to this weekends events. Its been beautiful, but cold (30-45 degrees). On two separate trips as i was accelerating, the engine would suddenly for split second rev higher almost like the load of the car was removed or the transmission was in neutral as i continued to accelerate. I would instantly ease off the gas and it would go away but this happened several times (although it seemed like after warming up this would stop).

Any thoughts as to why this occurred? Does it mean anything? I've never had any real issues with the engine or transmission except the one time it wouldn't go in reverse. Also, it does always take and 4-5 seconds to engage in reverse and engages faster/better if i pull the choke out a bit to bring up the rpms. Is there anything preventative i can do?

01-14-2019, 01:27 PM	#1
delco1946 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Gladstone, OR Posts: 183	55 vicky transmission misbehaving So this past weekend was beautiful in Portland so i drove my 1955 Crown Victoria 292 with fordomatic. Its generally my daily if its not raining. once, it wouldn't go in reverse (last year) on a trip - likely unrelated to this weekends events. Its been beautiful, but cold (30-45 degrees). On two separate trips as i was accelerating, the engine would suddenly for split second rev higher almost like the load of the car was removed or the transmission was in neutral as i continued to accelerate. I would instantly ease off the gas and it would go away but this happened several times (although it seemed like after warming up this would stop). Any thoughts as to why this occurred? Does it mean anything? I've never had any real issues with the engine or transmission except the one time it wouldn't go in reverse. Also, it does always take and 4-5 seconds to engage in reverse and engages faster/better if i pull the choke out a bit to bring up the rpms. Is there anything preventative i can do?