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Cargo Master
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Abilene, KS
I've been using Torque for about 5 years now and it's great! I'm still on my original bluetooth OBDII reader too and it has worked on all of my post-96' vehicles. I bought it to use our Tahoe for monitoring trans temps but since the Denali has it built in I don't use it as much. It did get my out of a jam a couple weeks ago in Mcpherson when the trans started acting funny and it showed a Christmas tree of warning lights across the dash. Scanned the codes on Torque, googled them and saw they were trans-related, cleared them out and it hasn't acted up since (keeping fingers crossed).
Sure glad it saved me from having to run to a parts store in limp mode, easily worth the money!
Sure glad it saved me from having to run to a parts store in limp mode, easily worth the money!
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Manhattan Kansas
A lot of times the parts store will not clear your codes for you. They are at risk of being sued, because you maybe bought a vehicle with problems cheap, took it to the store, cleared all codes, and set it on a lot for sale, then you could potentially say, well, I took it to Chucks Auto parts, and they fixed the problem, so its your problem now.
Cargo Master
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Abilene, KS
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Newton America :-P
did allot of work on the tent camper yesterday-- need to weld up a frame for it. Maybe in a couple weeks when I am off call- Talked to dad about it already and we can spend a sat making one.
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Manhattan Kansas
So we traded an inheritance check in for a camper trailer this weekend. Its going to need a lot of maintenance, but overall I think it will work out fine. It pulled pretty decent behind the pickup. The transmission temperature only got up to 202 degrees, just for a few seconds, but then it was back down mostly running in the 175 to 190 degree range. Dennis was telling me his runs in the 220 range when he pulls his huge camper, even in his Diesel truck. Maybe the transmissions are different. I looked online to see what safe operating temperatures were for it so did some online looking. Safe was approximately between 175-200, varnishing begins at 210, and seals start to dry up at 220 degrees.
Cargo Master
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Abilene, KS
Woohoo! That's awesome, hope the hobby is exciting and fulfilling for you and the family 
Maybe we'll have to start having the GTG we had at the lake an annual thing? lol
From what I can remember about transmission temps, ours usually ran around 205-210 when pulling in the summer. On really hot or windy days it may peak around 220, that's typically when I would slow down to 55 and shut the A\C off to keep from cooking the trans. Unfortunately, the family didn't appreciate me saving the family hauler from an early roadside death and only complained with statements like "It's hot", or "This is taking forever", or "My leg skin is fused to the leather"...... whiners
Maybe we'll have to start having the GTG we had at the lake an annual thing? lol
From what I can remember about transmission temps, ours usually ran around 205-210 when pulling in the summer. On really hot or windy days it may peak around 220, that's typically when I would slow down to 55 and shut the A\C off to keep from cooking the trans. Unfortunately, the family didn't appreciate me saving the family hauler from an early roadside death and only complained with statements like "It's hot", or "This is taking forever", or "My leg skin is fused to the leather"...... whiners