[Land-speed] Couple of LSR Things...

[Larry Mayfield]

The first of which is  of some academic interest to me.  And it concerns the
Ford C5 transmission and torque converter produced from 1982 - 1986 before
being replaced by the AOD tranny.   The C5 had a centrifugal lock up torque
converter  which apparently has gone extinct.  I cannot even find a cutaway
showing the internals or fluid circuit schematics or anything. I have
several rebuild manuals for the C5 trans itself, but absolutely nothing on
the TC other than virtually everyone has been or will be replaced by a C4
TC. I am just trying to understand how exactly the  thing worked and why it
used a much larger TC to get the job done.  And I want to get a C5 automatic
transmission if I run across one cheap, lol.  SO, my question is:  any of
ya'll have any info or manuals or? Regards how the heck that lock up C5
torque converter works and then ya got a C5 that I might obtain from you to
fiddle with? 

Next has to do with welding. Setting the stage a bit, I had a squamous cell
carcinoma cut from my neck just under my bum left ear about 3 weeks ago.  A
little research indicated that these are mainly due to too many birthday
candles and UV light.  Well, I do a lot of TIG welding and so I figured that
it might be a good idea to shield that area of my head and neck while
welding so I had a brain storm (more like a small rain squall actually) and
went into the bag holding my driving suit. Dug out a new head sock and now I
use that to keep the arc flash from my head when welding. Plus it is Nomex
so sparks and such when I use the stick welder do not get into my hair
either.   I thought it might be intrusive with the hood but, no it does its
job very well and no arc flash  or spark burns.  Just something for ya'll to
think about and consider and to pass along. I bet most of us have at least
one balaclava not in use that could be donated to the welding machine. 

mayf

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