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Old 02-12-2008, 10:22 AM
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Not unlikely. I have witnessed the aftermath of just such an incident. Unfortunately it was on a manual transmission, which appeared to function normally for about 50 miles or so. By the time it started acting up, the Navy was out something like $15,000, not to mention the lost time of having to scrounge up another 8LL Roadranger in Iraq
The doofus that did that was as usual, too smart to follow instructions from his superiors. The superior in question being Jesse James, and the order being "Make sure you fill the torque converter before you install the transmission!".
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:33 AM
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The doofus that did that was as usual, too smart to follow instructions from his superiors. The superior in question being Jesse James, and the order being "Make sure you fill the torque converter before you install the transmission!".
Lol! I saw that episode!
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