I have a 62 Signet and I have had the auto recently reconditioned.

Recently driving the car and stopping at some traffic lights it shifted to neutral by itself and took about 1 minute for it to move to drive again (people behind me were a little peeved too).

When I arrived home I checked the oil level in the tranny with the engine running in neutral, and found it was low - below the FILL mark on the dip stick.

Is it possible that my car is having gear selection problems because of the low oil level?

Yes, that is very common and expected. Fill it and you should be good. I usually fill it up until it reads about 1/4-1/2" below the LOW or ADD mark, then warm up the car/trans and drive it around a little. If it slips out of gear or has weird shifting behaviour, then stop immediately and add 1/2-1 qt and drive home. Then, follow the factory procedure to check the fluid level, then fill to at or near (just below) the FULL line on the stick.

Checking fluid: You need to park on a level surface w/engine running, block the tires, shift through all the gears slowly (I usually hold 2-5 sec in each gear selector range), then put it in NEUTRAL and get out of the car check the dipstick level. Add fluid and repeat...

Lou

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