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Please do not repost, forward or otherwise publish messages contained in these archives without consent from the respective author(s). These archives may not, in whole or part, be stored on any public retrieval system (FTP, web, gopher, newsgroup, etc.) by individuals or companies, without consent of the respective authors. Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list 97up-list); Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:40:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:40:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: 97up-list digest users Reply-to: 97up-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: 97up-list Digest V2000 #56 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1997 and Newer Truck Mailing List(Use the Small Chassis List for Rangers, Explorers, Aerostars and Bronco IIs. Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe 97up-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ 97up-list Digest Mon, 17 Apr 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 056 In This Issue: Re: 4R100 fluid change Re: 4R100 fluid change Re: 4R100 fluid change Re: Research on Platinum Gasaver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Zinski, Steve" Subject: Re: 4R100 fluid change Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:58:34 -0400 I have the E40D tranny, but I might be able to help. 1. Yes. I installed an after-market plug from Pep Boys (a couple of bucks). Drill a hole in your pan and install the plug. Very easy. 2. My E40D tranny took 14 quarts of ATF (including the torque converter). 3. Remove the gromet. Turn the main shaft using a socket wrench until you see the drain plug through the opening. Remove the plug and drain. 4. No, See #3. -----Original Message----- From: Clarke, Gary [mailto:Gary.Clarke per-se.com] Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 10:36 AM To: 97up-list ford-trucks.com Subject: [97up-list] 4R100 fluid change HI All list readers I have a 99 150 5.4L with the 4R100 tranny. Soon I will be changing the tranny fluid. There is no drain plug on the pan. So I was wondering if you could answer some questions for me as I've never done this before. 1. Can an after market plug be purchased to install in the pan? 2. If undoing the pan bolts from back to front helps in draining, how much fluid will come out? (how big will my pan have to be). 3. How do you drain the TC? On my truck, right in front of the pan, in the bell housing at the bottom, is a grommet that can be removed. Does this grommet lead to the TC? And if so does it have a drain plug and how do you line it up with the grommet hole? 4. OR, do you have to drain the tranny/TC by running the engine with the pan off? ------------------------------ From: "Zinski, Steve" Subject: Re: 4R100 fluid change Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:03:58 -0400 > 1. Yes. I installed an after-market plug from Pep Boys > (a couple of bucks). Drill a hole in your pan and install > the plug. Very easy. Just to clarify my statement... drill the hole and install the aftermarket plug AFTER you drain the fluid and remove the pan. You need to check for clearances and such and drilling blindly into the pan would not be wise. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:18:34 -0700 From: johny Subject: Re: 4R100 fluid change > 2. If undoing the pan bolts from back to front helps in draining, how > much fluid will come out? (how big will my pan have to be). I drained into a 5 Gallon container as I have the drain plug, so I don't recall for sure. 8 - 9 qt pan should be ok. If you want to go crazy, go for a 15QT pan. That works for oil changes too (on a PSD). But again, I have the SD 4x4 and a 5 gallon container fits nicely under the oil pan drain plug. A PSD dumps 14 qt of oil, so the 8 qt pan is not an option :-). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:40:51 -0400 From: Ken Payne Subject: Re: Research on Platinum Gasaver Forwarded for Mark Roadarmel.... this is worth reading as he's done his homework. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just love the internet. With a little time and ingenuity, a person can discover so much. Part of the trick, of course, is evaluating the reliability of the sources you find and then applying a little common sense. As to the benefits alleged by the manufacturer of the Gasaver, here is what I turned up. First, the PVI Gasaver commercial website is long on advertisement but short on facts that I could readily verify from any third party source. The site does not post or refer you to the actual studies which it claims were performed by a U.S. government agency. One quasi-technical evaluation (but in fact a simple testimonial) mentioned was performed on a 1973 Chevy V-8. I believe the technology has changed a bit since then and it seems to me that one should be careful in interpolating what, if any, impact the Gasaver would have on modern engines from this "test". Second, in order to comply with fleet mileage requirements, car manufactuers have gone to extreme steps to shave off just a few ounces of weight from their vehicles in their efforts to improve fuel consumption. It seems safe to assume that the manufacturers have employed a chemist or two from time to time to look at improving the gasoline that goes into the engine. If an additive exists that generates the increase in mileage that PVI claims for the Gasaver, doesn't it seem likely that the auto industry would have long since implemented the technology (and made the discoverer of this elixir very wealthy)? Third, to my knowledge, the EPA is the agency responsible for evaluating fuel-saving additives, not the various agencies referenced by PVI on its website. Granted, some of the material referenced by PVI is 15-20 years old so perhaps agency names and responsibilities have changed over time and I didn't check this out. Fourth, the following excerpt is copied directly from an article put out by the Federal Trade Commission in 1992 at this website: http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/gasave.htm Note that a device called the "Platinum Gasaver" is included in the list of tested devices although I can't confirm whether this is the same device now being sold by PVI. Article begins: Fast Facts After evaluating and testing more than 100 alleged gas-saving devices, the EPA has found only a few that improve mileage and none that do so significantly. "Gas-Saving" Advertising Claims No government agency endorses gas-saving products for cars. The most that can be claimed in advertising is that the EPA has reached certain conclusions about possible gas savings by testing the product or by evaluating the manufacturer's own test data. If the seller claims that its product has been evaluated by the EPA, ask to see the test results. Or better yet, get a copy from the EPA. EPA Evaluation Efforts - Devices Tested by EPA Vapor Bleed Devices. Similar to the Air Bleed devices, except that induced air is bubbled through a container of water/anti-freeze mixture, which usually is located in the engine compartment. (The EPA has evaluated: Frantz Vapor Injection System; Turbo Vapor Injection System; SCATPAC Vacuum Vapor Induction System: Econo-Mist Vacuum Vapor Injection System; Mark II Vapor Injection System; Platinum Gasaver, V-70 Vapor Injector; Hydro-Vac: POWERFUeL.) Article ends. The article indicates that none of the devices listed in the above paragraph were found to improve gas mileage. Fifth, the EPA apparently has evaluated the Gasaver on two occasions - once in May 1981 and again in July 1991. The reports are not available anywhere on line that I could find but they can be purchased from Northernlights.com for a nominal amount if anyone is interested. (If anyone wants to know how to get the articles, let me know.) However, common sense suggests that if the results were favorable to the Gasaver, that PVI would have included the reports rather prominently on their website. Conclusion? I have found, purchased and used a number of products that I would otherwise have never known about except for the internet. However, I think I will pass on the Gasaver until more explicit and verifiable data is provided. ------------------------------ End of 97up-list Digest V2000 #56 ********************************* ---------------------------------------------------------- Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1997 and Newer Truck List Send posts to 97up-list ford-trucks.com....To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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