TC's and manual trans (was: Re: Smooth strategy)

[Jim Davies]

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Shannen Durphey wrote:

> Lotsa mechanics have seen overheated TCs that have become
> discolored.

Used to see many mopar high stall TCs in copcars with the reman
paint burnt off in the center, like a donut hole...


> Don't know many details about the Chrysler setup,(just some old
> stories) but auto trans' TC gets fluid from the transmission, and when
> there's a heavy load applied, there's a lot of heat generation going
> on there.  

> Dodge transmissions pretty heavily, although there seem to be a few
> variations on that one.
> 
Yes, they played lotsa games with the idea. Some of the convertors were
filled and sealed, then they gave that one up. Some were tied into the
engine oil system rather than the trans. Some used a 4 speed trans that
was full synchro and/or slickshifted. They even had some that were used
with hemi V8s. Great for turning gasoline into hot oil ;-)