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

[drmayf]

Hey! Rick, you calling Bryan and old man? 

mayf
Rick Byrnes wrote:

> 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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