For what it is worth to those with heating problems.
In regards to trailering in the hot climates ( I am in Fort Worth), and have
a 91 Chevy Suburban, 2500, 454 eng. A very bad year for the 454, poor
performance and runs very hot. There is a company: PRO-BLEND CHEMICAL CO.:
TECH TEL: 336-723-9403, ORDER TEL: 800-331-9520. They make chemical cooling
solutions for the radiator (drops the temperature 30 degrees, eng. oil and
transmission oil cooling chemicals. These are used by NASCAR racers and
others. I have talked to a fellow where I purchased a transmission cooler
and temp. gage. He stated that it works as advertised. The radiator only
uses 1 QT. of antifreeze so it must be changed during the cold weather. I
will install this within the next month and monitor the temperatures very
closely.
Regards,
Bud J.
73, 31 FT. L.Y Twin (For Sale)
73, 31 FT. L.Y. Double
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Subject: Re: [VAC] transmission coolers-
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
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