Re: [MV] XM211 Automatic Transmission oil

From: Jeffrey Cerniglia (jcerniglia@msn.com)
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 20:46:34 PDT


Well why would anyone buy a Land Rover anyways???

>From: "Nigel Hay -MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] XM211 Automatic Transmission oil
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:58:27 +0200
>
>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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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