Brittany Waldrep

Archive for September, 2009

I think the vision an outdoorsman has of a hunting or fishing trip is a lake fIlled with jumping trout or a big deer stepping out
into view at first light. I don’t think it’s peering under a truck, watching boiling transmission oil pour out onto the ground.
Those are the words of transmission specialist Brian Appelgate of B&M Racing and Performance Products. I’ve corralled him at a trade show to talk turkey: I want to know how hunters and fishermen can improve the performance of the automatic transmission in their 4×4.
His words surprise me. I was braced for an arcane discourse on clutch packs, control valve bodies, and vacuum modulators.
Appelgate looks at me, smiles, and says, “Now that I’ve got your attention….” This is a guy used to the thousand-yard stares that transmission talk normally induces. I realize I’m in Ibr something special. So stay with me; you’re about to get a painless lesson on how to keep your transmission out of trouble.