Auto transmission oil-cooler for F250

Hi Peter

We met a guy from Bridgenorth F series when we were in Wickham last year (where son lives). We were at the local shopping centre (well Jim was talking to him in the car park while i did the shopping). No name on card but gather it was a one man business.?

Mh

With all due respect.
your post has nothing to do with the original member's post... but is rather a marketing ploy in order to get BT owners to fork out some money to your cause.
Perhaps you had better conduct "exit-interviews" when we decide not to renew our membership in order to determine our opt-out reasons, rather than trying to pry said info at a later stage.
Or better still.. don't bother having a forum open to the public.

Of course it is marketing, selling the benefits of being a financial member, can’t see anything wrong with that.
Without financial members there would be no BOG forum.
Then you would have nothing to complain about.
Enjoy your free read courtesy of those that contribute.

The internet was started (began) by universities sharing their ideas/findings/learning/etc.. with other universities/educational institutions. No-one ever said "enjoy your free learning". People share because people want to share! If you removed your private membership fee then you'd have many more members. Just look at Yahoo or better still Google. They never asked anybody to pay to use their service and still don't. Google is now worth $104B (yep billion USD even after the recent collapse).
I have been a paid member and did not renew. Nothing much on the inside that I can't get elsewhere for nix. However if it was free then I'd frequent the sight more often... might even contrbute once in a while, but don't wish to be part of your exclusivity. I'm FREE, that's why I'm a Bushtrakerer!

Hopefully this is not turning into a bunfight, but, my two bob's worth:

I agree with Turist.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. If some benefit is obtained from this site, which costs money to run, then the right thing to do is to kick in.

cheers

As one of the individuals who took on the commercial risk to build this site, I would like to make a comment. The need to move from a "free" site was driven by the need for more facilities eg search facility, and the need to be less accessible to individuals from around the planet using these "free" sites to post pornography.

The Bushtracker Ownners Group is managed by a committee of volunteers who take no payment. Funds generated by subscriptions and muster activities help maintain and develop the site on an on going basis. Excess funds will be (and have been) donated to worthy causes (RFDS, Quilpie kindergarten etc). It's in our Charter.

As for the internet being free, it's the old story of a free lunch - no such thing.

As for Google being free, someone is paying, as per this quote:

"Google reported revenues of $5.19 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, an increase of 42% compared to the first quarter of 2007"

Providing information to Bushtracker Owners wasjust one element of our Charter. Arranging musters such as the mini muster currently being held at Mallacoota, was just one other part.

If information is all that is required, you're right, there are other, free, forums. Free yes. Independent? Possibly not, but that's the price of being free.

My two cents worth - gone feral - your intrusion into the post is even more off the topic.

Invitations like this have resulted in BT owners discovering they can join and gain more benefits. Not all know this when they first find the website.

Membership? Cheap at the price. Example: When we were in Alice Springs, we had an electrical problem, and were unable to get a trades person to attend. I put a question on the members forum, and within five minutes had the answer which totally solved our problem. You can't get better than that.

Motherhen

Well Mr Feral you have certainly expressed you views with vigor. We continually make choices every day and you have made yours. I'm sure all who contribute to this forum both financially and by other means can live with your decision.

Sorry Sue & Jeff, I shouldn't have acted on an assumption.

cheers

Cheers Andy

I've located an "After Market" F250 Transmission Cooler at All American Drive
Line & Auto Parts (USA). The Aust. branch in Victoria can provide one for $295
plus freight $23.

Does this seem comparable to yours?


Thanks

Jeff

Jeff

We paid US$290 for the cooler & US$58 freight in September 2007

Andy

Hi Jeff
We replaced our trans cooler with a 6.0 litre unit some years ago. You need a little hardware but once that has been collected the change over takes about one hour.

As others have we also changed to Castrol Tranzmax Z synthetic oil which has a much higher boiling point than mineral oils. As the transmission had been hot a couple of times(up to 225F,we installed an auto meter trans temp gauge, again an easy job) when we changed the oil we opened up the old filter but it was clean as a whistle.

Since the changes the tranny in normal situations runs 40F cooler than before (150F-160F) though on steep roads (Oxley Highway -Wauchope to Walcha or Thunderbolts Way) and hot weather it will still get pretty warm, up to 230F, but the synthetic oil has removed some of the worry.

I understand Ford have a cooler larger than the 6.0 litre unit that fits and perhaps would be worthwhile if available.

Cheers Nick.

The problem was of your own making.
Although you were (and still are) a financial member registered as “Sue & Jeff” for some reason you opened another registration under the name “Copper Top & Blondie”.
This registration was for a non financial member.

When you posted under “Copper Top & Blondie” you came on as unfinancial.

To correct the system we have removed the registration “Copper Top & Blondie” and that is why your earlier posts are showing as coming from an expired membership.

Regards
Bob

Read your own post above, No. 17776.
You created a new ID when you updated your details.
That ID was "Copper Top & Blondie"
That is why there is no longer any member name on your earlier posts, "Copper Top & Blondie" has been deleted from our database.

None of the above has anything to do with your signature line.