Transmission Temperature Gauge
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From: Wetaskiwin, Alberta
What transmission do you have? If it is an E4OD there is a plug that you can remove and then just thread in the sender for your guage. Piece of cake.
Post back with your tranny type.
Mike
Post back with your tranny type.
Mike
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From: Gulf Shores, AL
It might scare you. I put a remote tranny oil filter on my truck and installed a trans temp sensor in the remote filter and the temps are scarry. I have the biggest tranny cooler I could find and on hot days in the city the guage will top out at 260, after that it starts flashing high. Who knows how high it will go. When I turn my A/C on it jumps up fast. Let me know what yours is running after you get it done
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The plug that I refer to an E4OD is on the front left (drivers) side of the pan, just above where the pan meets the body of the transmission. It just screws out like any other plug and then you just screw in your new sender. Use a llittle bit of dressing on the threads, liquid as opposed to tape if you have it and be REALLY CAREFUL not to overtighten. You just want it tight enough to be snug and then another 1/2 turn. If it leaks after you fire it up you can tighten it a bit more. You do not want to twist off the brass threads of the sending unit and have the thing stuck in the hole. Run your sensor wire up the firewall and to your guage and mount it according to install instructions supplied with the guage. You should be good to go.
I just read the post by Fully_loaded and all I can say is holy crap, man - how does your tranny stay together. The hottest my tranny has ever run, towing a 3500lb trailer in plus 90 degree weather was 170 degrees. My understanding is that anything past 190 deg. is too hot for the tranny fluid and is already starting to bake it off.
Good luck with your guage install!
Cheers!
Mike
I just read the post by Fully_loaded and all I can say is holy crap, man - how does your tranny stay together. The hottest my tranny has ever run, towing a 3500lb trailer in plus 90 degree weather was 170 degrees. My understanding is that anything past 190 deg. is too hot for the tranny fluid and is already starting to bake it off.
Good luck with your guage install!
Cheers!
Mike
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From: Gulf Shores, AL
Originally Posted by MRL123
The plug that I refer to an E4OD is on the front left (drivers) side of the pan, just above where the pan meets the body of the transmission. It just screws out like any other plug and then you just screw in your new sender. Use a llittle bit of dressing on the threads, liquid as opposed to tape if you have it and be REALLY CAREFUL not to overtighten. You just want it tight enough to be snug and then another 1/2 turn. If it leaks after you fire it up you can tighten it a bit more. You do not want to twist off the brass threads of the sending unit and have the thing stuck in the hole. Run your sensor wire up the firewall and to your guage and mount it according to install instructions supplied with the guage. You should be good to go.
I just read the post by Fully_loaded and all I can say is holy crap, man - how does your tranny stay together. The hottest my tranny has ever run, towing a 3500lb trailer in plus 90 degree weather was 170 degrees. My understanding is that anything past 190 deg. is too hot for the tranny fluid and is already starting to bake it off.
Good luck with your guage install!
Cheers!
Mike
I just read the post by Fully_loaded and all I can say is holy crap, man - how does your tranny stay together. The hottest my tranny has ever run, towing a 3500lb trailer in plus 90 degree weather was 170 degrees. My understanding is that anything past 190 deg. is too hot for the tranny fluid and is already starting to bake it off.
Good luck with your guage install!
Cheers!
Mike
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From: Goodrich IL
Have you tried a new temp gauge-sender yet?
You might try a cheap little stick on temp guage.
These can be found at a hobby shop for small gas engines.
This may give you an ideal if your stuff is working right?
Stick it right on the pan.
Gene
You might try a cheap little stick on temp guage.
These can be found at a hobby shop for small gas engines.
This may give you an ideal if your stuff is working right?
Stick it right on the pan.
Gene
Originally Posted by Fully_Loaded
Man I have tried everything to cool this thing down. The sensor is on the out side of the flow so that is what is coming out of the tranny before it hits the cooler but it still seems high I know. Any thoughts on how to cool it down would be appreciated.
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From: Chesapeake, va
Temps off of the TQ converter
Fully_Loaded, I hooked up a temp sensor on the line right out of the trans and you are right. When I would tow the boat uphill I could watch the gauge peg. Once I move the sensor down stream of the cooler/radiator the temps stayed down.
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From: Chesapeake, va
At the trans
I pulled it out of the filter housing and relocated it like MRL123 did. Drivers side of trans near shifter linkage. I did try it on the pass side but it was too near the cat converter and it would get hot during stops and around town slow speeds.
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Transmission sending unit port E4OD
I would like to put a transmission temperature sending in my E4OD's port. I see that the sending units come in a variety of thread types, sizes, and pitch. Does anyone know what the thread is on this port?
Thanks,
BlaneS
Thanks,
BlaneS
