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It certainly is at he bell housing but I swear I saw this as being part of the fording procedure. Plug it for fording, normal operation open (as pictured) to breath.
But it wouldn't be the first time I remembered wrong.
Of course I can't find a thing in the TM about fording procedures now...
;)
It's in the TM but it's easy to spot (assuming that it's on your model of Alison, but I'm pretty sure all LMTV have it). On the base of the trans there are two holes (both threaded, one will have a bolt in it). The first is a hole all the way thru that acts as a vent/breather. The second is...
Here's a good read. It's more for the non-mechanic car owner, but it covers most of the bases:
https://www.mistertransmission.com/water-in-the-transmission/
I think it's actually the adhesive used to adhere the asbestos to the clutch plate that fails when exposed to water but you get the drift. Easy enough to verify, just google "water in transmission fluid " and you should find no shortage of discussions.
A lot of people were puzzled as to how...
I realize that given the current cost of fuels (we're looking at you, Brandon) that it's hard to imagine dumping 50 gallons of diesel (ie: retasking for other burning purposes) but there is absolute no chance I would risk my CAT engine tinkering with it to actually run as fuel. No friggin-ing...
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