Re: 134k - To Synthetic or not to synthetic?

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Sun May 24 2009 - 23:09:34 EDT


Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com> wrote:
> I was saving it to change the
> fluid in my wife's minivan, but as she's the known in the local
> junkyards as "The Great Blonde Car Destructor" I doubt it'll stay out
> of the scrapheap long enough to make it worthwhile. ;)

   Heh! There's a guy on the MML who refers to his daughter as
"Trannyboiler" - I wonder if there's any relation? ;-)

[...]
> While we're talking about ATF, does anyone think that putting an 11"
> wide by 11" tall by 1.5" thick B&M Supercooler used as a tranny cooler
> would cause problems with the transmission fluid being too cold/taking
> too long to warm up in the winter? It's rated for something like
> 29,000lb GCVW. I have one laying around from my previous Chrysler
> 2.5L turbo racing days but that car never much saw the light of day,
> much less in the winter, due to wiring issues I got tired of
> chasing...

   Could you get the best of both worlds by installing a bypass valve
in the line? (Leave it shut off in the winter, turn it back on in the
summer?)

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                                          -Jon-

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