From: Kevin Strain (kstrain@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 14:25:38 PST
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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