Date:         Mon, 23 May 2011 10:43:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Auto Trans Modified Governor Test Report [addendum]
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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