Look at your statement again and I think that you will answer your own question.

Because I see quotes like your all the time and I am getting a little tired of it.

Look, if you like aftermarket gauges and believe that they help, that's fine, but it is an opinion, not a fact.

People come here for help and advice, but misinformation such as contained in your post isn't helping anyone.

Separating fact from opinion is a talent that is woefully short on this board.

 

so your saying aftermarket guages arent needed, which would mean you really dont need a pyrometer. how is knowing exactly what temps your truck is running at a bad thing and it is a fact that the cooler you can keep a tranny the longer it will last not just an opinion

 

You need to learn to read.

 

In your first post you said that aftermarket gauges to prolong the life of your truck was nonsense. So he did read. You must not tow or haul anything with your truck or you would see how nice aftermarket gauges are. You also said that a tranny pan with cooling fins and 8 qts of extra tranny fluid won't keep your tranny any cooler than stock. If you had aftermarket gauges you would be able to see how much cooler it actually does keep things. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and different people push their trucks harder than others and need different products to push them safely. For being a civil engineer/patent attorney i would think that you would know that the stock gauge isn't as accurate as aftermarket guages and that an aftermarket pan will keep the tranny cooler than stock.

 

Attitudes of some people.....Thinking they are above others.
I would think that if a person is tired of something that he would not expose himself to it anymore and ...........LEAVE

 

No, I did not.

No, he did not and apparently, neither did you.

Try again.

The cooling fins can help, but not the extra fluid, which was the thrust of his post.

Accuracy is irrelevant. Whether the fluid is 190* or 195* doesn't matter. Whether the fluid is 150* or 250 * does matter. The factory gauge will tell you that.

 

reread your 2nd post where you quoted toyota hauler who was right about guages and you said it was nonsense. Then tell me i cant read

 

And leave people to spread misinformation?

 

Since we are having a little trouble with our language skills here today, I will explain, this time typing a little slower.

Here is what was said:

Do you get it now, or do you need a hint?

 

Maybe you should go back and read what you wrote....

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I got a lot of great info and knew right away that aftermarket gauges were a necessity to prolong the life of the truck.

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That is absolute nonsense

You obviously have your opinion and you are the only one i have ever heard with your thinking about gauges. So everyone here can either take your advice which you claim is fact or side with the guys that have been sled pulling, hauling trailers across country, or take what i know for a fact from experience that my after market gauges are more responsive and accurate than the stock gauges. Any stock gauge that starts out over half way up on its scale when cold and barely moves while your driving can't be accurate. Do your truck a favor and buy an aftermarket gauge and see for yourself. Then when you have an accurate gauge buy a mag hytec tranny pan and see again for yourself how much the temp drop. Or maybe everyone just buys these pans for looks like you said about everyone buying gauges just for looks. Maybe if you had these things on your truck you might have some credibility of what you say but when you don't and everything else i have read, experienced, and heard from diesel mechanics, and read in diesel magazines disagree with you.

 

You need to read my last post.

 

You can argue all you want but i along with everyone else here(since not one person even came close to agreeing with you) know for a fact that you are wrong in your thinking. If you are going to use your truck and push it in any way you should have gauges to monitor things since the stock tranny gauge isn't accurate. If your not going to be pushing your temps ever(the only reason gauges wouldn't be a NECESSITY) then maybe you should buy a moped and go groccery shopping. If you are pushing your temps at all do yourself and your truck a favor and get some gauges.

 

im pretty glad i didnt get into this argument because i know i would have made an *** of myself like some of the people who have participated in it.


i think the point that the stock transmission gauge is worthless when you are towing has already been proved. see my link in one of the first few posts.

and for all of this bickering about something that is not really related to the topic of a transmission temp gauge, you all deserve a

 

Now we have a caveat.