[Jerry]

I think this restorer I was working with has misled me. I have a 56 with an air cooled Fordomatic tranny. The tranny shifted fine before it was removed (for an engine rebuild). The restorer said I should replace it with a liquid cooled unit and sold me a used tranny from a 312 mercury. The case is shorter and the drive shaft must be lengthen and I don't think the cross member will line up correctly. Is this the right thing to do? I know liquid cooled units are better than air cooled but my air cooled tranny has a T-bird data plate on it. I think the air cooled unit was rebuilt before. The flex plate looks like a liquid cooled flex plate from what I can see in ford diagrams. Is it OK to reinstall that flex plate? or should I order a $150 air cooled flex plate if I put the air cooled unit back in? :confused: