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1.Anyone who did the aluminum foil for the door locks are you still satisfied does it still worrk if so for how long?
2. If I did a write up step by step for the 2008 tow mirrors and took pictures of it would any one be interested?
3. Is anyone using the Tru-Cool Max from diesel site is it any good? Im not towing but in stop and go traffic out here when its hot my tranny can reach 200
3. I have one and am very happy with it. I opted for the thermal break (Thermostat). It gets the trany up to temp (175-180F) in 3-5 miles and stays there. I pulled over 20K and never saw 200F. If you decide use the therm option be sure to mark the ports on it permanently before you install it. The markings come off very easy when ATF eventually gets on it, then gets confusing.
3. Is anyone using the Tru-Cool Max from diesel site is it any good? Im not towing but in stop and go traffic out here when its hot my tranny can reach 200
I am using it and it works great so long as you are moving along. I do a lot of desert crawling going out to my claims and found that it did not do the trick at very slow speeds with a loaded truck. I then added a fan and it took care of the problem. I know your country pretty well, and the traffic you see, so I advise you look at a cooler with a fan. Summitt Racing has them.
Just get the 6.0 tranny cooler, cheaper, about the same size and I never have tranny temp issues.
Not to be disagreeable ...I just don't think that the answer is a 6.0 cooler when he will be running in 110-120 degrees this summer in stop-go driving. You have to be moving to shed the heat unless you put a fan on the cooler. Las Vegas in the summertime is brutally hot and traffic is worse than imaginable !
Not to be disagreeable ...I just don't think that the answer is a 6.0 cooler when he will be running in 110-120 degrees this summer in stop-go driving. You have to be moving to shed the heat unless you put a fan on the cooler. Las Vegas in the summertime is brutally hot and traffic is worse than imaginable !
I pull all over the west coast in the worst traffic and dont have a fan on my tranny cooler... I also dont have the bypass valve...
All right I will definetly do the write up probably next week I put them on just arent wired yet. As for the trans cooler What difference does a fan make? Doesnt it continously circulate the fluid so it is constantly being cooled? Im not quite sure how they work I just know my tranny temps are all ready getting high so I need to do something before summer. And thanks for the input so far.
The cooler, as all finned coolers are, is dependent on an adequate air flow to carry off the excess heat (note the size of our cooling fan on the radiator). The problem I had with a load on the truck, crawling in the back country (2-4 mph) up steep dirt roads was that I couldn't move enough air across the cooler to keep temperatures in the 170 degree range. On the open road (where speeds are higher) the cooler, without a fan, was more than adequate. I suggested a fanned cooler due to my experiences in the back country of Nevada with a cooler that didn't have a fan and the delightful Las Vegas traffic you enjoy. I'll be passing through LV at 3 AM on Monday, next week, just to miss the gridlock and get over the dam.
Im pretty sure this is a trucool, installed before i bought her, gauges are going in this weekend so i cant tell you what it runs today but its HOT in FL
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So im going to install this in front behind a billet grill to protect the fan, i will repost this when i get accurate temp readings @ FL heat in the summer, humidity 90% @ 95 degrees
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2500 cfm, thermocouple or switched im going to run it switched on whenever my airconditioner is on
The cooler, as all finned coolers are, is dependent on an adequate air flow to carry off the excess heat (note the size of our cooling fan on the radiator). The problem I had with a load on the truck, crawling in the back country (2-4 mph) up steep dirt roads was that I couldn't move enough air across the cooler to keep temperatures in the 170 degree range. On the open road (where speeds are higher) the cooler, without a fan, was more than adequate. I suggested a fanned cooler due to my experiences in the back country of Nevada with a cooler that didn't have a fan and the delightful Las Vegas traffic you enjoy. I'll be passing through LV at 3 AM on Monday, next week, just to miss the gridlock and get over the dam.
Ok that makes lots of sense now. Yea traffic out here sucks and watch cause the 15 north bound and southbound from Charleston to Sharah has been down to 2 lanes at night backing up traffic. Who knows where it will be closed next week. Thats why I work nights.
3. I have one and am very happy with it. I opted for the thermal break (Thermostat). It gets the trany up to temp (175-180F) in 3-5 miles and stays there. I pulled over 20K and never saw 200F. If you decide use the therm option be sure to mark the ports on it permanently before you install it. The markings come off very easy when ATF eventually gets on it, then gets confusing.