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Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems

01-07-2011, 17:34

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What does your ATF oil look like when you change it ?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: What does your ATF oil look like when you change it ?

G'Day again SgtP,

There's the data! And it looks like your reading is correct. You are just about on the limit when you stick in the 3 cylinder correction, and certainly not far above it. And,...

Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems

01-07-2011, 16:57

Replies: 42

What does your ATF oil look like when you change it ?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: What does your ATF oil look like when you change it ?

SgtP, it isn't a matter of centrifugal engagement, so I don't think that idling forward is an issue. It's a bit hard to describe, but the clutches are forced together by the balls rolling up ramps...

Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems

01-07-2011, 11:28

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What does your ATF oil look like when you change it ?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: What does your ATF oil look like when you change it??

Actually, I believe that ZF trannies use balls rolling up inclined ramps between the plates to force them together, not springs.

But, the amount of HP that they can safely carry is related to RPM...

Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems

30-06-2011, 17:42

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What does your ATF oil look like when you change it ?

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Posted By Jim Cate

Re: What does your ATF oil look like when you change it??

G'DAy Pluck,

Don't know what it is SUPPOSED to smell/look like... As I said before, I change mine at or before 200 hours, and it comes out a reddish brown and fairly clear. Smells pretty much...

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