Alright now that I have just replaced my tranny at $5k I'm making sure that I can do everything in my power to avoid that hit again. Now my question is how differcult is it to install myself and roughly how long would it take? I have advanced automotive skills but mostly with gas motors and I try to stay as far away from tranny's as possible shhh they scare me. But I'd also like to know what gauge to go with. Any help would be appreachiated.

 

A tranny temp gauge is easy enough to install. There is a port in the side of the trans where the sending unit threads in. A signal wire is hooked to that and from there its just a power and ground for the gauge itself. The light gets a power and ground wire as well.


I would suggest that if you're towing with a diesel (or go with a chip) that you put an EGT and boost gauge in along with the trans temp gauge. Granted I tow with mine in the chipped setting, but even in the stock setting when I get into the mountains I can get the EGTs pretty hot. This gets even worse around here on the hot humid days.


An EGT, boost, and trans temp gauge set with a 3 pod A pillar system for around $300. The price depends on what gauges you want to go with. I went with Isspro gauges as they are close to a factory look. If not them I like the DiPricol Optix gauges, but if you get them make sure you get the 270* sweep trans temp gauge. Its much easier to see what the trans is doing below 140*, which is pretty much all winter around here. I would suggest www.dieselmanor.com for your gauges as David has the best prices out there. You can even order your gauge pod prepainted and assembled. Total time for me to install all of my gauges was about 3-4 hours minus the time spent drilling and tapping my exhaust manifold.