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  1. dougimes

    Cross Country convoy - MVPA Bankhead 2015

    I read up a bit on Tcase gear oil. The info from mobil and a few other sources isn't what I was expecting to hear, or what I have been doing, so here it is. I have been using 75-140 in tcases, figuring thicker is better for things that get hot. Jeep specifies 90w, for climates above 32f. I...
  2. dougimes

    Cross Country convoy - MVPA Bankhead 2015

    Any comments on the Tcase temps I took a few posts back?
  3. dougimes

    Cross Country convoy - MVPA Bankhead 2015

    I almost missed the deadline. I had my eye on the event months ago, and registered in March, but it was pure chance that I didn't put it off and miss the deadline. I appreciate the organizer's difficulty with something like this, planning hotel capacity, stopover capacity would be a nightmare...
  4. dougimes

    Cross Country convoy - MVPA Bankhead 2015

    I ran a test on Sat on 2 trucks, an m38a1 and an m715, hot day so a good day for a test. Ran the trucks for 30 min at 40-45 mph. ambient was 95 deg. M715 Block-163 deg, 4 speed- 168, tcase-189 M38a1 Block- 160, 3speed- 165, Tcase 169 I can see where the Tcase on the 715 could go over...
  5. dougimes

    Cross Country convoy - MVPA Bankhead 2015

    I think its about as ready as I know how to make it. Took it on a shake down of 35 miles, I'll do a stress test in hot weather this weekend. I looked at the tcase, didn't seem unworkably hot. I do have locking hubs on the front wheels, which takes some of the load off the tcase. For...
  6. dougimes

    Cross Country convoy - MVPA Bankhead 2015

    I am going to roll my M715 for a part of a leg of the cross country convoy in September. I am picking up the group in Charlotte and rolling with them to GA. Making a truck ready for long day road miles has been an interesting exercise. You look at things differently. I replaced the single...
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