Calif Bill wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
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JR North wrote:

PS: your Windstar is a POS. And you know it.
JR


Not near a POS as the Aerostar and it was Rear wheel drive. same basic
drive train as a dinky POS Ford Ranger pickup. the Windstar is
better, with the basic drive train as a Taurus.

a three mi. tow shouldn't be bad. on the tranny IMHO especially w/ an
extra cooler, but the ramp Idea is still giddish.



The Aerostar was OK except for the POS tranny. I got 85k before I had to
have it reworked. But I only towed a 14' Aluminum skiff with a 15 hp
Mariner on it.




The manual transmissions were decent, they were made by Mazda. Hard to
find in a van though.