>By the way: I found a new tranny code "AHX". >This rear tranny was designed for Finland only and had a shaft added at >the front lid >which drives - switchable - some other things (I think some farmer >tools like a tractor). Many real off road vehicles in Europe have mechanical aux drives for winches and things. Sometimes even driving a powered trailer. Makes more sense than first transforming mechanical power into electical, and then through monster cables & winch motor back to mechanical again. Only drawback is that the winch spool is often under the vehicle, and the cable routed around to the front or rear with pulleys. Makes it tricky to get to, especially when you're sunk in yourself. Winched an 18 wheeler back onto the road from a muddy field with one of these once. Pulled out a smaller delivery truck sunk to the wheel axles another time. Rescue vehicle was a Scania TGB 40 in both cases. Makes other off roads look like toys. /m -- Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.yale.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.rochester.edu Yale University Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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