Check our blog next Friday for the answer and another Friddle.

Last Week’s Friddle: Who is Mercedes of the German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz?

Last Week’s Friddle Answer: The incorporation of the name Mercedes in the new brand name honored the most important model series of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft automobiles, the Mercedes series, which were designed and built by Wilhelm Maybach.  They derived their name from a 1900 engine named after the daughter of Emil Jellinek.  Jellinek became one of DMG’s directors in 1900 and ordered a small number of race cars, which were built to his specifications by Maybach.  Jellinek stipulated that the engine be named Daimler-Mercedes, and made the new automobile famous through motorsports.  That race car later became known as the Mercedes 35 hp, the first of the series of production models bearing the name, Mercedes.

I would like to share a recent news release about the updated turbine half that we at JASPER provide on the GM 4L80E converter.  This is just another example of how JASPER remanufactured products can offer better quality and performance, giving you longer vehicle life.

The update centers around a common problem where the fins pull out of the turbine. “Every one of the fins are bent over and staked to the inside, and the outside, of the 4L80E turbine itself,” says Craig Leuck, JASPER Transmission Division Manager. “Over time, and vehicle use, the fins will get loose, pull themselves out of the turbine, and make metal to metal contact with the pump half of the converter.”

JASPER brazes 100% of the turbine fins with a paste and a heat treating process. “Every one of the fins is brazed on the inside, and the outside, of the converter,” added Leuck. “This ensures the fins stay in place, and there’s no metal to metal contact.”