Terry Tyler,..............WOW!!! A 35 foot Sparton Royal Mansion (sic) pulled by a 1952 6 cylinder, Plymouth. Thats all the ammo I will ever need. No wonder you know so much, Terry, you learned, the hard way. After that experience, I suppose your attitude changed just a bit, and you became a bit more receptive to other peoples advice. For baring your soul and sharing that experience with us, Terry Tyler, I hereby proclaim you to be . "Pioneer of the Week!" 8^) Bill Scott 61 Bambi, VAC & WBCCI #3221 1VP & Membership Chairman , WDCU http://www.servintfree.net/wbcci-dc/
Hi Mike, In your note, you asked: >I suppose transmission coolers are only used in auto trannies- is this >true? If this is true then I suspect I don't need to "sweat it out" about >my manual transmission getting too warm. Thanks Yes - transmission coolers are only used in automatic transmissions. But, your suspicion that you don't need to "sweat it out" about your manual transmission getting too warm, isn't true. Example: In a previous life during 1950s when I knew everything and no one could tell me anything, we towed a 35' Spartan house trailer from Norfolk, Virginia to Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Our tow vehicle was a 1952 Plymouth 4 door sedan with a 6 cylinder engine and a manual transmission. I had inserted coils springs over the rear leaf springs to cope with the 1,000 pounds hitch weight that the equalizing hitch (it was called something else) had to distribute onto all four wheels. As long as I used 2nd gear most of the time, I could sustain forward momentum up most rises in the highway. When it came to small hills, I quickly learned to make a run at them. The reason for telling you about this experience is each hill required a half hour wait along side the road while the clutch cooled down. There was never any question about what was required. The clutch plate would get hot, it would begin to slip and the choice was to pull off and ease into a safe place to park or don't pull off and don't have a safe place to park. The car would stop all forward movement within a minute or two of when the clutch began slipping. We never heated up because the speed seldom reached 45 mph and we stopped often to let the clutch cool down, sometimes every half hour. Maybe manual transmissions are different today. Fifty years have passed and changes may have occurred. Mike, the engine in your truck may have to work very hard. You may want to make sure the cores in your radiator are not clogged. That's easy to do. Just siphon off some coolant until you can see the tops of each core. Then, look in and see if they are crusted or wide open. If crusty, go to a radiator shop, tell them what you are planning and ask for an opinion or estimate. Stay sharp and think smart, Terry Websites useful for restoring Airstreams http://www.phrannie.org/phredex.html http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4868/ http://www.escapees.com http://www.tompatterson.com/Streamline/Airstreamlist/Spares7.html
