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Re: Re: Engine for Towing

To: "Bill Sohl" <billsohl@mindspring.com>, "Bob Davis"
Subject: Re: Re: Engine for Towing
From: "R. John Lye" <rjl@gt-classics.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:09:56 -0400
At 01:15 PM 8/24/2004 -0400, Bill Sohl wrote:
>Keep in mind the fact that the tow ratings for most (maybe all) trucks
>is actually greater for trucks with automatics as opposed to the same
>make/model/engine truck with a manual gearbox.

Yeah, but I still don't understand that.  I've seen more overheated auto
trannies towing than manual transmissions giving up.  Maybe there's a
good reason, but I don't know what it is.

Cheers,

R. John Lye

rjl6n@cstone.net

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