[Fwd: hummer trans]

[Kevin Curry <kevin@domain.elided>]

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Kevin Curry wrote:

> I think I can handle this one. On our Hummer (mechnically no different from the
> Humvee), the tranny, the diffs, and everything else that is vented have lines
> running from them to the air-cleaner cylinder, up high and out of the way. That
> means for anything to get water in it, it will have to come down the snorkel to
> get there.
>
> Shoot me any questions. I may know nothing about the Scout (hope to soon) but i
> can answer questions all day about the Hummer. :O)
>
> amy lawson wrote:
>
> > A friend of mine who is a U.S. Marine mechanic told me on some military
> > vehicles the vents for the axles, trans and t-case are all conected
> > together and when you come to a water crossing you flip a switch or
> > something and the lines are pressurized a few psi buy crankcase pressure.
> > water cannot leak into a pressurized unit.  I think he said you should only
> > run it this way in water crossing situations. Bad for the seals or
> > something.  It was a while ago when we were talking about this so I dont
> > remember the details.
> > Ekelmann
>
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