Trans Temp Guage install
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Trans Temp Guage install
Pictures of my install in an 4R100 tranny:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...3146&a=4739786
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2000 F-250 Super Duty, SuperCab XLT, Oxford white with medium grey cloth captains chairs, 5.4L Triton V8 (260 HP version!), 4R100 4 Speed Automatic Transmission, 4 wheel ABS, Deluxe Aluminum Wheels, Trailer Towing Package, Class IV Hitch, Reece load distribution system, Escort Sensor II Electronic Brake controller, K&N filter, Sure Stop towing skirt, "Westin" black powder coated step bars, "White-White" head lamps, Herculiner bed liner, ISSPRO Tranny Temp Guage, Excursion center console.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...3146&a=4739786
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2000 F-250 Super Duty, SuperCab XLT, Oxford white with medium grey cloth captains chairs, 5.4L Triton V8 (260 HP version!), 4R100 4 Speed Automatic Transmission, 4 wheel ABS, Deluxe Aluminum Wheels, Trailer Towing Package, Class IV Hitch, Reece load distribution system, Escort Sensor II Electronic Brake controller, K&N filter, Sure Stop towing skirt, "Westin" black powder coated step bars, "White-White" head lamps, Herculiner bed liner, ISSPRO Tranny Temp Guage, Excursion center console.
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I posted this in Transmission but because it has a towing interest I am adding it here.
Very interesting post from one of our friends at Ford-Diesel.com. He was at the Diesel rally in Va. and Ford transmission tech was there. This is in reference to the 4R100 but some of the inferences are applicable to all of us.
Here's his post: "I originally posted this in the F-D.com forum in a thread by Jason about the VA Rally. Here ‘tis again: “About the auto transmission, the tranny guy mentioned both in individual discussions and in the group session that a TSB is coming to add an intake cooler; i.e., having a cooler in the bottom of the radiator, along with the current air cooler. He said (I think) that it
is going into production soon. They feel this will solve the low speed cooling problem, as well as get the fluid up to temperature faster. I believe there was also mention of a transmission temperature gauge coming in the future.
The tranny guy said that 250 oF is the not-to-exceed temperature, and that they like to keep it below 200 oF. He also said that using the pressure port on the side of the tranny will give a higher temperature than in the pan, but lower than in the line going to the cooler. I think he also said that their existing temperature sensor is near the side port, but I’m not sure He was also reluctant to recommend using synthetics. He said they did some testing with their own Mercon V and found it degraded some silicone seals. He said they haven’t tested other synthetics, so they may not have similar problems. He felt that the single best thing you can do to extend the life of the transmission is frequent fluid changes.
I wasn’t taking notes, but I believe the above is correct. Feel free to add or correct.”The tranny guy (I wish I could remember his name) was asked directly if the side pressure port of the transmission was a good place to put the sender. His response was what I paraphrased above. He didn’t object to using the side port. He also used the phrase “time at temperature” as being the concern for transmission health and longevity. He also said it is plainly obvious
when to change the fluid by the color and smell of the fluid.
Personally, I plan to install the sender in the side port, mostly because I’m not confident enough in my abilities to install it in the cooler line without messing it up, and because I don’t think that reading the max. temperature of the fluid as it comes out of the torque converter is significantly better than reading an average fluid temperature. This is, of course, my uneducated opinion, and I could be totally misguided. I currently don’t tow often, and plan to keep the temperature below 200 or so, and change the fluid when recommended."
Nice post huh?
Very interesting post from one of our friends at Ford-Diesel.com. He was at the Diesel rally in Va. and Ford transmission tech was there. This is in reference to the 4R100 but some of the inferences are applicable to all of us.
Here's his post: "I originally posted this in the F-D.com forum in a thread by Jason about the VA Rally. Here ‘tis again: “About the auto transmission, the tranny guy mentioned both in individual discussions and in the group session that a TSB is coming to add an intake cooler; i.e., having a cooler in the bottom of the radiator, along with the current air cooler. He said (I think) that it
is going into production soon. They feel this will solve the low speed cooling problem, as well as get the fluid up to temperature faster. I believe there was also mention of a transmission temperature gauge coming in the future.
The tranny guy said that 250 oF is the not-to-exceed temperature, and that they like to keep it below 200 oF. He also said that using the pressure port on the side of the tranny will give a higher temperature than in the pan, but lower than in the line going to the cooler. I think he also said that their existing temperature sensor is near the side port, but I’m not sure He was also reluctant to recommend using synthetics. He said they did some testing with their own Mercon V and found it degraded some silicone seals. He said they haven’t tested other synthetics, so they may not have similar problems. He felt that the single best thing you can do to extend the life of the transmission is frequent fluid changes.
I wasn’t taking notes, but I believe the above is correct. Feel free to add or correct.”The tranny guy (I wish I could remember his name) was asked directly if the side pressure port of the transmission was a good place to put the sender. His response was what I paraphrased above. He didn’t object to using the side port. He also used the phrase “time at temperature” as being the concern for transmission health and longevity. He also said it is plainly obvious
when to change the fluid by the color and smell of the fluid.
Personally, I plan to install the sender in the side port, mostly because I’m not confident enough in my abilities to install it in the cooler line without messing it up, and because I don’t think that reading the max. temperature of the fluid as it comes out of the torque converter is significantly better than reading an average fluid temperature. This is, of course, my uneducated opinion, and I could be totally misguided. I currently don’t tow often, and plan to keep the temperature below 200 or so, and change the fluid when recommended."
Nice post huh?