(ot) WAS i got a car dolly! Now Roc towing

[soltwede@privateI.com (Night Shadow)]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, John Van Vuren wrote:

> Heh...  is that so?   Must be why my truck had a quarter million miles on
> it, almost ALL of those towing, with a bone stock auto tranny and slightly
> upgraded engine.  A few people on this list can testify to the fact that I
> was not gentle on it either   ;)

Yeah....gentle John is NOT on his vehicles...for such a big bastard, that
Cummins got up and MOVED :-)


> >From what I have read on the diesel forums, the "weak spot" is the lockup
> clutch in the torque converter, I've never heard of any kind of self
> machining syndrome.  For the record, I finally "killed" my tranny around
> 255k miles by brake-torquing it next to a Ford Powdersmoke at a light and
> burned the forward clutches together...   drove it another 3000 miles that
> way....   neutral was the same as drive...  and couldn't use reverse
> anymore.  Oh yeah, still beat the Ford to the next light!

hehehe....

I've actually heard the manuals were weaker?

Eric


> John - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/dualieburnout.jpg - I didn't do that
> one, but have done some similar

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Now that is funny!


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Eric
Northglenn, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport (400cc, 4 cyl, OHC 8v, 10k RPM redline *grin*)
80 Scirocco ----SOLD!!---- 
81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (Waiting for BAE Turbo Install) 
87 Suzuki Samurai JX Hardtop (Soon to be VW Turbo Diesel Powered)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress) 

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