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orange4boy · 10-17-2009, 02:30 AM

TCC lockup switch is an option too. (And cheap) I am just testing it now but it seems promising. I'm also doing a lot of coasting with an auto. Not a problem on shorter than a kilometer coasting. Ditto on the no idling/coasting gains.

Also you could easily do an alternator disable switch and a deep cycle battery unless you are driving up to Nanaimo and back one should easily do for around Victoria.

Scavenge an electric cooling fan and remove the engine driven one if so equipped.

If most of your trips are short, a block heater. This one is a wife favourite: instant heat.

Oh, and synthetic oil all round: Trans, engine, diff. It's cold up here.

10-17-2009, 02:30 AM	#15 (permalink)
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