From: chance wolf (chance_wolf@shaw.ca)
Date: Sat Jan 17 2004 - 11:21:34 PST
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From: "International Movie Services" <ims@telus.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Only tangentially MV related but interesting nonetheless
> The Canadian Army kept the M135's and derivatives in service from 1952
until
> the late 80's. We seldom had transmission problems despite the abuse that
19
> year old soldiers who don't own them can inflict on a vehicle.
> My experience with those in civvy street that have transmission problems
are
> either related to using the wrong oil or failing to install enough
> antifreeze in the cooling system to protect the water-cooled transmission
> system.
They had two problems which I heard kept Levy Auto Parts in Ontario really
busy with the Gov't rebuilding contract: 1) dilute antifreeze, old
antifreeze or straight water in the cooling system would corrode or crack
the transmission cooling loop and contaminate the 10W, and; 2) Use of High
Range Reverse with a fair load on tended to break sh*t.
I like the M135s, but sure got an education as to the difference in
turning-circle between the 135 and the M35 on the miniseries "Taken". I'd
just taken an M35 around this torturous bunch of corners whilst 'threading
the needle' between camera gear, lights, actors and other vehicles for one
scene, then was asked to do the same thing with the M135 "for a different
look" in the next. Umyeah. I've driven both for years, but had never
compared the driving characteristics of one to the other within such a short
timeframe before - and found the M135 needed an awful lot more real estate
to navigate corners than the M35 did. Needless to say I made an indelible
mental note to avoid using the 135 in those sorts of really tight conditions
again, though I suppose hanging decrepit tires around the perimeter like an
old tugboat might be a workable Plan B. ;)
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