Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:24:14 -0700
Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Auto Trans Modified Governor Test Report [addendum]
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The PO installed it. I'd have to crawl under there to see.
It's not very big yet keeps trans temps to 110°F
BenT
On May 23, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> You happen to recall the fan-blown cooler type, perchance?
>
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 11:44 -0700, BenT Syncro wrote:
>>
>> My Turbo Subie powered 84 GL with AT governor mods was generating so
>> much extra heat that it destroyed the seal between the final drive and
>> trans section before I acquired the van. It now sports an external
>> cooler with a fan. Others have argued that the fan is not needed.
>> Fellows like TerryK just sell scoops supposedly adequate to the task.
>> I am happy to have the extra cooling especially whilst idling in
>> traffic.
>>
>> My cooler sits aft of the area below the sliding door.
>>
>>
>> BenT
>>
>> sent from my electronic leash
>>
>> On May 23, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> > Regarding the modified governor that I have installed into my auto trans
>> > Westy, I've received a couple emails from listees wanting to know more
>> > ($, etc.) and I'm referring them to German Transaxle for that.
>> >
>> > Robert Mac Dowell forwarded a pretty fuzzy jpg of a page detailing the
>> > "Kennedy" modification, which is the same as what GTA did to the
>> > governor. There is an advisory on the page:
>> >
>> > "The disadvantage of making this modification on water cooled
>> > Vans is that the higher RPM causes higher oil operating pressure
>> > that can fail the trans cooler. When this happens the trans
>> > becomes contaminated with water and the radiator is contaminated
>> > with trans fluid. I ruined three VW coolers before I replaced
>> > the cooler with an aluminum block and hoses to a common
>> > aftermarket air-cooled transmission cooler."
>> >
>> > He then moves on to describe his adapter/bypass block and connections to
>> > the external cooler. It looks similar to the Gowesty setup.
>> >
>> > Another note bothers the heck out me:
>> >
>> > "For light duty, highway use, [this] is adequate. When using
>> > this, avoid very heavy slow traffic or long slow mountain roads
>> > where torque converter slippage produces a lot of heat."
>> >
>> > Drat. It is exactly for that reason -- long slow mountain roads -- that
>> > I pasted on this Gowesty ATF cooler. Well, at the least the stock ATF
>> > cooler has been removed so it's not at risk of damage due to the
>> > described higher oil pressure caused by the governor modification. And
>> > the hoses presently connected to the GW cooler could probably be
>> > connected to a different type of cooler more suited to these long slow
>> > mountain roads that I find myself climbing. Just need to find such a
>> > thing.
>> > --
>> > Rocky J Squirrel
>
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