OT: Walnut Shells?
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OT: Walnut Shells?
So I'm reading Earl Swift's 'The Big Roads' about the interstate highway program (it's great, thanks for asking) and it has triggered a 'what the' question.
The author claims that in the mid-sixties ground walnut shells were used in automatic transmissions. Really?
Educate me oh wise ones of FTE.
The author claims that in the mid-sixties ground walnut shells were used in automatic transmissions. Really?
Educate me oh wise ones of FTE.
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I've heard of and can see how it could work using some kind of solid stuff in a gear box or differential but knowing how an automatic transmission works, I call bovine feces. Walnut shells, sawdust, anything granular or heavy would be the very quick death of an automatic tranny. Perhaps as a friction component of a band? Otherwise, BF.
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Duane, you bring the cake and I'll have the pies (read my latest Dairlyland Truckfest post https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post14612381)
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Duane, you bring the cake and I'll have the pies (read my latest Dairlyland Truckfest post https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post14612381)
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