Recent content by rodekyll

Back on it. I found the redline fluid in Henderson, NV, and the good folks at Meyer's automotive on Boulder Highway were nice enough to let me do a flush and fill in their bays. It turned into a two-day ordeal when a rear wheel valve stem delaminated from the tube in their parking lot, but they...

I made a mistake when I built the trike in that I went with 19" tubeless rear motorcycle wheels. At the time I was more interested in finding the proper final drive ratio, and I thought I could live with the tube type (TT) offerings available that gave me the proper tire height. But after a...

I'm on hold here. Have to get back on the road without the hi-temp atf installed. Bummer.

Originally Posted By: The_Eric Which Redline ATF? I ordered 6qt of the redline hi-temp dex/merc atf.

I'm not completely sure about the shinies. It was a NIB radiator that I installed and I did not flush it. It could be detrious from that. It does not look like brass/bronze, which would indicate a torque converter bushing. I think I'll look past the shinies for the moment. I'm ignoring the...

Dexron II became unavailable in Sitka, AK some years ago. At that time we were not allowed to ship fluids here unless we had special permits, and I could not get the town's auto parts store to order me any. So I had to find something else. The 5606A was plentiful and cheap at the time, and in...

The redline hi-temp specs do seem better in the right places. One reason I need low v when cold is that the pump's drive piece was designed as a 6mm hex shaft. Commonly replaced with a piece of an allen wrench. They are in my opinion undersized, and they are known to round out under use, leaving...

I figured out how to post pics and dropped a few into the other topic. I'm not locked in to hydraulic fluid. If I was I'd not be asking folks who know better about this stuff for help. I know I'm ignorant in this area, and I'm willing to listen and try whatever the experts have a consensus...

Let's see if I'm smarter than the buttons! This is the 3V'L TWIN. It was the EV'L TWIN when it was a 2-wheeler. Lacking imagination, I just flipped the E to be a 3. Alaska built from the ground up, and driven via WA, OR,UT . . . . MI upper penn, LA, TX, KS, to its current location in Kingman...

I've been asked to post pics, and I'm going to try. In the meantime, think "motorcycle trike" and "Mad Max meets Model A". Stay tuned!

I am having temperature and pressure issues at low pump rpm. My system uses a simple torque converter/fluid coupling to get power from the engine to the road -- no automatic transmission valves or clutches/brakes. Just a fluid coupling. I'd like to try a multi-vis fluid to keep the pressure up...

Also -- and back to my originl question -- I'll need to refill the fluid completely. Can I use a tractor hydraulic fluid (non-AW) in place of ATF in a torque converter/fluid coupling application? I'm hoping a multi-vis like 10/30 hydraulic fluid will substitute.

UPDATE: I changed the intake hose from the cooler to the pump from 5/16 to 3/8. I drilled two more holes in the banjo bolt at the pump. Running pressure has improved in the short distance I've ridden (was 17-18# now 22#-ish), and the temperature is rising more slowly. However the idle pressure...

Alaska is not the same as the lower 48 in terms of road hazards and driving conditions. In the Anchorage corridor there are billboards along the highways with a moose counter -- how many collisions for the year. the number is usually in the 350 - 400 range by the end of the year. You'd think...

An alternative pump would not be out of the question. My alternator lives on the drive shaft, so the nose of the crankshaft, where an alternator would normally be installed, is bare. It would be very cool if I could find something that worked in the temp/flow/pressure limits and also could...