[Land-speed] Making your Tow Truck Automatic live a long life.PART 2

[Rick Byrnes]

Thanks Brian
Its always nice to see some sage advice.

Rick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>
To: <drmayf at mayfco.com>
Cc: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Making your Tow Truck Automatic live a long 
life.PART 2


> B) Oil to water or air heat exchangers big enough to do the job well.
> The method I like the best bypasses the production cooler in the radiator
> because if you are going to use the inefficient torque converter for gear
> reduction, you will really be working the engine hard.
>
> Back in the '60's when Ed Tradup  was running a digger, he had an old
> International tow truck that he had stuffed a big GM V-8 with TH-400 into.
> For a cooler he put a big AC condenser from the same car between the
> frame rail's. It worked like a champ, not the best location but it was so 
> big
> it didn't matter.
> If you live where it gets real cold, below zero, I would install a 
> thermostatic
> cooler bypass valve in the system.
>
> As far as ATF, I believe that standard petroleum ATF is fine for normal, 
> average,
> production automatics. one exception, in my opinion, is very hot or cold 
> weather.
> When it's zero or below, Real PAO Synthetic flows so much better at very 
> low
> temperatures it would be worth the significant expense. When it's your 
> towing
> in 110 heat, the Synthetic is happy as a clam at 275-300 degrees.
>
>
> The above are MY thoughts, ideas and OPINIONS based on being interested
> in this problem for over 40 years.
> Caution!! There may be new, modern and far better whys of doing some of 
> these
> things today, so look around.
>
> Stay cool folks,
> Bryan
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