e450 dually transmission?
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It's a 5R110. 2004 was the last year for the 4R100.
Besides lightening your wallet, what benefits do you expect from the pan? Making your wallet lighter is the only one I know of.
Besides lightening your wallet, what benefits do you expect from the pan? Making your wallet lighter is the only one I know of.
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How will extra fluid lower the temp? I was a transmission cooling engineer and I was able to prove that a larger pan and extra fluid WILL NOT cool the transmission, but maybe you know something I don't.
No argument about the drain plug, but there is a cheaper way to get a drain plug.
No argument about the drain plug, but there is a cheaper way to get a drain plug.
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How will extra fluid lower the temp? I was a transmission cooling engineer and I was able to prove that a larger pan and extra fluid WILL NOT cool the transmission, but maybe you know something I don't.
No argument about the drain plug, but there is a cheaper way to get a drain plug.
No argument about the drain plug, but there is a cheaper way to get a drain plug.
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I'm sure they hold fluid just fine. It's not a cooler, though, it's a pan.
Have you ever been under a running truck? It's HOT! How would all that hot air help cool a transmission? It doesn't make sense.
Have you ever been under a running truck? It's HOT! How would all that hot air help cool a transmission? It doesn't make sense.
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I've been under trucks but not while they are MOVING . 
I think the theory would be that the air flows through the tubes and the air is still cooler than the fluid and greater surface area . Similar to a trans cooler in the radiator ? Hot rodders use them . I don't . I'd use a finned cooler.
I think the theory would be that the air flows through the tubes and the air is still cooler than the fluid and greater surface area . Similar to a trans cooler in the radiator ? Hot rodders use them . I don't . I'd use a finned cooler.
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Whenever I ran cooling tests the ambient temp was a minimum of 95F. If I was running in a wind tunnel it was set at 95F with heat lamps adding sun load. Often we ran out in the Arizona desert, where it was anywhere from 95F to my personal record, 121F.