Anybody have the Mag-Hytec Transmission cover?
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Anybody have the Mag-Hytec Transmission cover?
I plow in the winter. I normally don't have any issues with the tranny running hot but with this last heavy snow I couldn't hardly keep the temps from climbing over 180. I have an electric fan on my tranny cooler that normally keeps the temp down but even that was having a hard time with it. So I was thinking about flushing the tranny fluid and didn't know if these covers are worth the $325 they want for them? Any experience with them would be appreciated. I figured if it keep tranny temps down and the extra 7 quarts would help out to. I just don't want it to keep the tranny too cool in the winter too.
Figured I need to get a 6.0 tranny cooler too.
Figured I need to get a 6.0 tranny cooler too.
Frmr Ford Trans Engr
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I don't see what you're trying to fix. The trans was designed to operate at 170-180, and that's where you are. Why would you want it to run cooler?
Assuming that you do want to run cooler for whatever reason, a larger trans pan will only drain your wallet. It will NOT cool the trans. That's what a trans cooler does, not a pan. And what benefit is there to running 7 extra quarts? Other than increasing the oil company's profits.
I think you're trying to fix something that is working perfectly fine, and you're going in the wrong direction, too.
Assuming that you do want to run cooler for whatever reason, a larger trans pan will only drain your wallet. It will NOT cool the trans. That's what a trans cooler does, not a pan. And what benefit is there to running 7 extra quarts? Other than increasing the oil company's profits.
I think you're trying to fix something that is working perfectly fine, and you're going in the wrong direction, too.
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I was told that you want your tranny temp to run 100 degrees over outside temp. So it's been 25 degrees today and the tranny was at 180. So I assumed it was overheating. Am I wrong on that assumption?
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Well I guess I don't know what I was thinking then. Well I am glad I haven't been over heating it all day.
Frmr Ford Trans Engr
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Yes, you are wrong. Normal unloaded temperature is 60-100°F above ambient. You have no worries at all until you are over 220°F.
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