Keeping coolant and transmission temps under control when towing in the summer heat

[swathdiver]

It is a sub machine gun...

I remember firing a Mac-10 in .45 ACP once, shot so fast it ejected some unfired rounds which we loaded back up and sent down range! Fun stuff. M3 Grease Guns and Thompsons are more practical and controllable.

 

[Geotrash]

I installed a gun safe in the center console of our 2012 and keep a S&W M&P 2.0 9mm in it when we take trips. 2 years ago we were driving around St. Louis pulling a trailer at 11pm on a Saturday night when all of the George Floyd riots were happening. We got routed off the highway and through neighborhoods with people shouting all around us and even a house fire. I put the gun in the cupholder with an extra clip. It all worked out fine with people mostly just waving us on. My wife is not a gun person, but she was sure glad I had ours that night. She asked to go to the range when we got home, so I taught her how to handle the gun safely.

 

[Tozan]

I remember firing a Mac-10 in .45 ACP once, shot so fast it ejected some unfired rounds which we loaded back up and sent down range! Fun stuff. M3 Grease Guns and Thompsons are more practical and controllable.

The Modified MAC's are actually winning some of the machine gun competitions. There are some cool uppers you can put on MAC's to slow the rate down, better stocks, caliber conversions 45 to 9 mm, 22LR and even 5.56 is available too. I think someone once made a .556 belt fed upper for a MAC too but, ATF was not too happy with it.

I worked for a company that sold full auto weapons / NFA toys in Fort Pierce back in the 80's when they were pretty cheap. MAC-10's sold for a few hundred bucks and a M-16 for under a grand. Today a MAC-10 will sell for $8000 to $10,000 and a M-16A-1 for around $30,000 They were a good investment...

 

[donjetman]

There are sheep, and there are sheep dogs.

 

[alpha_omega]

$10k for an A-1? Time to sell mine while the getting is good.

 

[Sparksalot]

I fabbed a restriction using the original nipple cut loose from the old tank.

 

[alpha_omega]

Nice idea!

 

[Tozan]

$10k for an A-1? Time to sell mine while the getting is good.

If you have a M-16-A1 that is on the registry for $10K I'll buy it..

 

[Sangster]

What's the purpose of the restrictor? Does it help with cooling.....or does it simply help with getting temps up to operating temp?

 

[Tozan]

What's the purpose of the restrictor? Does it help with cooling.....or does it simply help with getting temps up to operating temp?

In my experience it helps bring it up to temp faster and stops the error code form activating. When the error code is triggered the fan came on full time and ac would shutdown. I would have to go in and reset or restart the car to get things working again.