From: M. \ (mevanshowell@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 12:53:19 PDT
Is the 4L80E 4-speed overdrive tranny just a standard GM transmission?
M. Evans Howell
Machine Guns, Suppressors & Law Enforcement Sales
310 Meadowood Drive
Roswell, GA 30075
Phone (770) 641-7987
Fax (770) 641-1281
www.evanshowell.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Blair" <ke6myk_mvlist@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Hmmwv
> alex gordon wrote:
> > # 2 I have heard all the rumors about driving over 55 mph and sucking up
> > all of the fluids because of the fording kit.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, the fluid sucking occurs when the heat exchanger in
the
> transfer case breaks, allowing the transmission to suck out fluid from the
> transfer case (or does it pump fluid in? I don't remember). Because the
> fording system plumbs most of the vents together, the resulting fluid
overflow
> in one case or the other results in fluid ending up in other places, such
as
> the air filter. I don't think that the "vampire" condition is related to
how
> fast you drive.
>
> Personally, I try to drive under 60 MPH in my HMMWV, even though it will
go a
> bit faster than that. If you want to drive a HMMWV much faster than that,
you
> might be better off with a newer model with the 4L80E 4-speed overdrive
tranny
> and the 6.5L turbocharged engine.
>
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