1956-57 Fordomatic Car-Truck Shop Manual

This manual contains complete service information for all Fordomatic transmissions used in the 1956 and 1957 Ford Cars, Thunderbird, and Trucks. All the procedures and specifications needed to check, adjust, replace, or repair the various parts and assemblies of each transmission and torque converter are included.In many cases, the service procedures are ccompanied by illustrations showing the parts and the operations being performed. Wherever special tools are needed to service a unit, illustrations show the use of the tools. Disassembled views of some of the transmission assemblies are also shown to aid in identifying the various parts and their relative position in the assemblies.Where new procedures are introduced for the first time on the 1957 Fordomatic, they also apply to the 1956 model.