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

[Adin, David]

Elder to Dr. Mayfield?  Maybe Moses . . . .




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[mailto:land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Wester Potter
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:33 AM
To: Larry Mayfield; LAND SPEED LIST
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Making your Tow Truck Automatic live a long
life.PART 2

mayf,

Those of us who are your elders deserve SOME resprct.

Wes

On Jun 29, 2009, at 7:39 AM, drmayf wrote:

> 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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