From: Nigel Hay -MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 06:58:27 PDT
I think you can tell if the ATF has got hot and/or contaminated as it goes a
brown colour rather than the pinkie- red colour it should be. Just got this
problem on my Land Rover Discovery ( Nigel's tip for the day - dont buy a
Discovery they are crap)
NIGE
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Winget William A Contractor CIV JTFCS J5
Sent: 29 September 2004 15:50
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] XM211 Automatic Transmission oil
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
A friend with the XM-211 truck off e-bay last week just e-mailed, wants to
change out the transmission oil and items before moving it down to the
Virginia Penninsula. What wieght or type of oil is commonly used?
Correct me if I'm wrong please. Originally it started out as 10 weight oil,
then if modifications were done by the Army such as rebuild program, etc. it
was filled with ATF fluid.
Now I recall reading in MIL Veh Mag or here, that you should always replace
it with the type that's in it to ensure continued use, as swaping without
the modification is deadly (to the transmission)
If so, how would one tell what type fluid is in it currently (Assuming the
old dirty ATF would look just like old dirty 10 weight)
Now if I'm off base, please let me know. I recommended he subscribe to Mil
Veh Digest, and also contact whomever was offering that manual last week for
$40 or such....
PS: Virginia War Memorial Show / ralley is OCT 23rd weekend in Newport
News, Va. Won't have 2000 vehicles there, maybe 2000 patches.....but will
have around 20+, vehicles show up if everything holds together. Nice little
event, but we'll never see 2000 of any vehicle show up in this part of
Virginia.
W Winget
www.vmpa.us
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