tru-cool results...
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tru-cool results...
well, like i posted... got the tru-cool lpd tranny cooler installed... major pita... mostly because i made the job harder than it needed to be... but... good results... the cooler is mounted high up on the passengers side of the condenser... looks awesome... almost like it came that way from the factory.. but the best thing is the temp drop in the tranny... driving around for over an hour tonight... mostly in traffic.. with the ac on... before i would have been 140 or a little higher... tonight the tranny gauge didn't even make it to 100*...! NICE..! can't wait to tow the 5ver again...! i don't plan on seeing 200* plus temps ever again...!
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glad for you, although i do not see anywhere near that low of temps. but i also have and OBS. where is you sensor located??
seems very low to me. mine is in the service port on left side of trans case.
seems very low to me. mine is in the service port on left side of trans case.
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Originally Posted by johnny8
mine is in the port also... i don't know if i'll see 40* temp drops while towing but i really hope so... do you have an intercooler...?
my gauge also starts @ 140* and has not seen it yet this week. not warm enough i guess. so i could actually be @ 100* and just does not register. i would actually think that there is such a thing as too cool of trans oil as well. not sure of a number though!
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i think that intercooling helps lower egts, and that may help the tranny indirectly by helping the motor to run a shade cooler, probably not measurable though... it has been cooler, so i may not be comparing apples to apples yet... i think there is such a thing as too cool.. that's why i like my remote starter, it lets the motor and the tranny warm up in the cold NE winters... that's also why i mounted my cooler so high on the condeser, it gets more air to cool it in the summer, but it is also very accessible for me to block it off in the winter, too much work to remove it, and i don't want to put in a valve and isolate it... that fluid stuck there would get to dang cold, it would worry me, so, i'll just find an easy way to block off the air flow in front of it... hell, i could block off that whole radiator in the winter and i don't think my mule would even notice..!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
i think that intercooling helps lower egts, and that may help the tranny indirectly by helping the motor to run a shade cooler, probably not measurable though... it has been cooler, so i may not be comparing apples to apples yet... i think there is such a thing as too cool.. that's why i like my remote starter, it lets the motor and the tranny warm up in the cold NE winters... that's also why i mounted my cooler so high on the condeser, it gets more air to cool it in the summer, but it is also very accessible for me to block it off in the winter, too much work to remove it, and i don't want to put in a valve and isolate it... that fluid stuck there would get to dang cold, it would worry me, so, i'll just find an easy way to block off the air flow in front of it... hell, i could block off that whole radiator in the winter and i don't think my mule would even notice..!
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Originally Posted by 18vtx00
no but ur cold a@@ might!! so u gotta sled??
btw... an update on the performance of the cooler... drove done to joe fish in mass for dinner tonight... 1 1/2 at 70 mph or so... tranny temps BARELY got to 100*... pretty good... but the really nice thing was as soon as i stoped and idled for a few mins, the temp fell well below 100*....! nice to know if you are towing and you stop for a break, you can leave your truck running and your tranny will cool off as well as your turbo...!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
im a fat old man... i got plenty of insulation on my butt so it seldom gets cold..! i have two sleds ... up in maine... i need to go get them but i gotta get a trailer first... looking to borrow one because i might sell the sleds this fall
btw... an update on the performance of the cooler... drove done to joe fish in mass for dinner tonight... 1 1/2 at 70 mph or so... tranny temps BARELY got to 100*... pretty good... but the really nice thing was as soon as i stoped and idled for a few mins, the temp fell well below 100*....! nice to know if you are towing and you stop for a break, you can leave your truck running and your tranny will cool off as well as your turbo...!
btw... an update on the performance of the cooler... drove done to joe fish in mass for dinner tonight... 1 1/2 at 70 mph or so... tranny temps BARELY got to 100*... pretty good... but the really nice thing was as soon as i stoped and idled for a few mins, the temp fell well below 100*....! nice to know if you are towing and you stop for a break, you can leave your truck running and your tranny will cool off as well as your turbo...!
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somewhere near methuen..? i dunno... everytime i go down there i have no idea where i'm going because the road signs are COMPLETELY USELESS...! i drive around trying to follow whatever directions i have, and somehow i end up where i wanted to go... but i usually have to turn around because i just drove past it...!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
somewhere near methuen..? i dunno... everytime i go down there i have no idea where i'm going because the road signs are COMPLETELY USELESS...! i drive around trying to follow whatever directions i have, and somehow i end up where i wanted to go... but i usually have to turn around because i just drove past it...!
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i live about 15 mins from exit 20, (tilton) on i-93.... lots of slow moving people out in the rain... but it's tough to keep my mule under 60 on the highway... you know the power of the dark side...!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
i live about 15 mins from exit 20, (tilton) on i-93.... lots of slow moving people out in the rain... but it's tough to keep my mule under 60 on the highway... you know the power of the dark side...!
when a saab or a volvo try to pass me on the right. i kick her down a gear and they cannot get by... this makes me smile and laugh to myself!!!
AM I A BAD PERSON???
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you rank right up there with darth vader man...! LOL...! i hate to say it, but i blew the doors off a little ricer when we left the tolls tonight on the way home...! i left before he did, but i heard him winding the **** out of it and i just couldn't let him run away from me without showing the power of the psd...! he had just passed my front bumper when my turbo spooled up and suddenly he was fading back... i think he forgot to way anchor...! i let of at 70 and he was about 5 car lengths back... a few seconds later he goes screaming by... sorry charlie... you got beat and you KNOW IT...!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
you rank right up there with darth vader man...! LOL...! i hate to say it, but i blew the doors off a little ricer when we left the tolls tonight on the way home...! i left before he did, but i heard him winding the **** out of it and i just couldn't let him run away from me without showing the power of the psd...! he had just passed my front bumper when my turbo spooled up and suddenly he was fading back... i think he forgot to way anchor...! i let of at 70 and he was about 5 car lengths back... a few seconds later he goes screaming by... sorry charlie... you got beat and you KNOW IT...!
man i u were running WVO we could have boos hogg over for a smorgeshborg!!! LOL
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Originally Posted by 18vtx00
did you smell (rice a roni) as he went by???
man i u were running WVO we could have boos hogg over for a smorgeshborg!!! LOL
man i u were running WVO we could have boos hogg over for a smorgeshborg!!! LOL