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[Thread Backward] Re: automaticsMsg # 5109 of 8004 on Powerstroke Diesel Conference (1)To: Guest, From: Jerry Time: Tuesday 01-27-98, 04:18 pm Stay on top of fluid/filter changes and they should last, unless abused. Jerry. On Tuesday 01-27-98, 02:55 pm, Guest said: - On Tuesday 01-27-98, 11:33 am, Brad W. said: -- -- -- --One thing I have noticed about automatic --transmissions, if you look at the --TSP's, you will --see many for automatics (Fords or --anybody elses) --but very few for manuals. I also --read in Trailer --Life Magazine that the design life --of a American --light truck automatic transmision is --100,000 miles --(under "normal" driving conditions). -- The actual --life varies exponentially with the --operating --temperature. I've had many trucks --and I have never --had to replace or repare a manual --transmission. -- -- Brad W. - -I have built many trucks for myself and others, and -I have never had to replace an auto once built, -unless submerged or overheated. I cannot say the -same for U joints, drive shafts, axles or pinion -gears however. Clutches and throwout bearings tend -not to go that 100K if used heavily either. -Flywheels crack, clutch fingers break and disks -explode. - -While I enjoy shifting an exotic sports car, I do -not get that same enjoyment from a full size truck. -My point is I think a manual and auto trans both -have a place in this application and it is unfair -to dissmiss the auto simply because you think it -will not be as durable. Many do go the distance. -A lot is how you care for them. - -Keith - -PS The last time I was at the Ford dealership here -in Madison, WI they were rebuilding an E4OD that -had over 350K and had never been touched. - Replies to this message:
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