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[Guest]

What is my transmission called?

Can someone please tell me the proper name of my transmission? Is it called a Cruise-o-matic medium case? Would a wrecker recognize that name? There are some wreckers who sell old transmissions cheap. I would like to find one and harvest the rear band out of it - plus learn more about it before I work on my own. Since Fatsco has a $100 core charge this makes more sense I think.

By the way, do you harvest parts from a transmission? Or excise? Or extract?

Thanks all!

[YellowRose]

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IF your tranny has not been replaced over the years, it should be a Cruise-O-Matic PCE Medium Case tranny, as indicated in my post below regarding it. You should have a tag on the drivers side of the tranny case that says PCE and perhaps some other numbers. As indicated in the picture below, there should be a 10 7/32" spacing between the end of the bell housing and the end of the center part of the tranny as indicated in the picture. If you were to say you are looking for a Cruise-O-Matic PCE Medium Case tranny, they should know what you are looking for. Try to find one with the tag on the side that says PCE.

[Guest]

Thanks Ray. It almost certainly is the original transmission based on the original condition of the car and what I know about the original owner. But the tag is missing - I can even see the little rivet hole that would have held it on.

So I will quote PCE too Ray. Hopefully they will not say "we have a bunch of old transmissions lying in the mud, come and find one!" That would be a challenge as I have never seen one out of a car.

Cheers,

Ted

[YellowRose]

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I see the tag is missing from the tranny case, but you are pretty sure it is the original COM. If you can, take a good look at the tranny case and write down, or take good pictures of any inscriptions you see anywhere on the case. There should be some stamped codes on it that will also tell you what tranny that is. If you do that post the codes here.

If you go looking for a tranny for parts, try and find one that does have the tag on the case still, and make sure it says PCE.