From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 18:20:56 PST
Having served time in my day at a dealership I'll take a guess.
If you had to warrenty an item, would you give the consumer credit for knowing
when to swap gears (straight shift) or a computer that you yourself can control
shift points and in most cases check on how it has been driven.
Bruce Beattie wrote:
> This all makes perfect sense to me, but I have one question.
>
> Why are the towing allowances higher for automatic transmission
> civilian trucks than they are for manual? I would have expected the opposite.
>
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
> Kevin Strain wrote:
>
> > Kevin Strain Here:
> > I have owned 5 Dodge Cummins Diesels. Two had Automatic Transmissions,
> > They both had catrostrofic
> > failures that cost me $3000-5000. each. Any one that has been around large
> > towing vehicles will tell you that auto transmissions to the street cars.
> > The military has moved towards auto transmissions because they
> > have lowered their strength standards and now have women driving the trucks,
> > they can't turn the large manual steering trucks and shift the manual
> > transmissions. Talk to anyone that drives these vehicles exclusively off
> > road
> > about the reason these vehicles have manual transmissions. Also talk to any
> > Army or seasoned National Guard
> > mechanic about the maintenance nightmare of automatic transmissions.
> > Kevin Strain
> > Petaluma Ca
> > kstrain@earthlink.net
> > (415)440-4044
> > 1984 M35A2
> > 1973 N51A2 Dump
> > Three dodge Cummins diesels
> > One Toyota 4X4 (Best small Truck I have ever owned)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Shannon <fordpart@bellsouth.net>
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Date: Sunday, March 17, 2002 9:27 AM
> > Subject: [MV] Automatic transmissions in M35A3
> >
> > >This portion is fact:
> > > A friend of mine was on maneuvers I think in Kentucky. One of these
> > >transmissions went out on the truck ahead of him so they pulled of the
> > >side of the road to investigate. Like any good operator they left the
> > >trucks idling to cool down while they walked around and looked the
> > >situation over. The driver of the ker-funked truck walked between his
> > >and the truck in front of him and grabbed the front bumper and dropped
> > >down to look at the truck from the front. Truck still idling. When he
> > >stepped out from between the trucks the one with the bad transmission
> > >locked in forward hit the truck in front and killed the motor. No one
> > >was hurt but the fellow had to have a little rest because of shock.
> > > They swore it was not in gear.
> > >
> > >
> > >This portion is opinion:
> > > I hate automatic transmissions in anything that pulls a load. You
> > >have less feel and less control and from personal experience more
> > >walking when it goes out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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