blu98ta

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I am wanting to wire the light on my temp gauge to the headlight switch, so that the gauge light comes on with all the other gauges. What wire should I splice into to do this? HELP ASAP please!!!

Bad30th

iTrader: (13)

If you wire it up per the instructions the light should only come on with your headlights.

The orange/white wire to the stereo is the "illumination" wire, connect it to correct wire on the gauge per your instructions (you can also connect behind the stereo to red=+12v ignition and black=ground).

I just finished my trans temp gauge install today.

Bad30th

GPowrie

The brown wire at the headlight switch is parking lights. If you connect it to that it will turn on when you turn on the parking lights or headlights.

blu98ta

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sweet, thanks guys!!!

blu98ta

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Well I got it installed, and it went very easily. I also did my cooler while i was under the car. Does 180 sound about right for stop and go traffic? Does 150 sound right for 75+mph highway driving? these number are with the vig3200

JayLS1-327

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I think anything under 200 is where you want to be.

DeepBlueZ

i see you installed it already but for anyone else, the easiest way to wire the gauge lighting is to source the power from the dash-side fuse box, speicifically seat the wire in the same slot with the dash light dimmer fuse. then the gauge will dim and brighten with the rest of your lights..

69_YENKO

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Thats the way i did it.

69_YENKO

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My temps with the vig3,200 are very similar once full warmed up. My tranny runs cooler now with the stall and 24,000 cooler that it did stock.

DeepBlueZ

i can't believe how cool my tranny runs!!! 120-130 degrees on the highway and 150-160 in traffic....

in JULY, i made 9 dyno pulls back to back followed by a couple quick blasts to check that the shift points werre correct and such and the needle barely touched on 180!

Vig 3200, 24K Cooler, Lowered coolin fan temp activation setting, BBK +3 quart finned, deep pan.

Bill Bowling

iTrader: (6)

I wonder how much is from the pan!!!!

Bill

69_YENKO

iTrader: (16)

when ever i drop the pan to change the fluid and filter i plan on adding a deep pan. I run 150-160 on the highway & around 180 in traffic.

one time at the track a silinoid stuck and i made the 1320' in second gear only . my trans temp got up around 200-205.

DeepBlueZ

it's GOTTA make a pretty big difference, i was pretty amazed when i beat the car stupid on the dyno and couldnt get near 200 degrees....

D Rock

iTrader: (7)

If you want it to dim with all of your other gauges you can hook it up to the dimmer fuse. It will still come on whenever you turn on your lights, now you can dim it though.

Derek

2MuchRiceMakesMeSick

For these tranny guage installs. Do they work off of their own temp sensor or do you wire them into the stock wires going to the stock temp sensor?

69_YENKO

iTrader: (16)

When you get the gauge it will come with a new sensor. just pull the plug out of the drivers side of tranns and replace it with the sensor (which uses the same threads, & screws right in).

Some people tap it into the pan, some put a "T" in one of the lines and mount the sensor there.

DeepBlueZ

yep what he said....there's NOOOO reason to tap the pan when the 700-R4/4L60E have that perfect little pressure test port right there. (it's just above the shift linkage that sticks out of the tranny, not hard to get to.)

i did the sender hookup, all the wiring and mounting the gauge pod in about 2 hours.

2MuchRiceMakesMeSick

Good to know thanks

What happens to the stock temp guage does the pcm not get a signal anymore?

69_YENKO

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Im pretty sure i didnt have a stock trans temp gauge, but the computer will still get the signal. you can go in through auto tap of one of the other programs and see exactly what the trans is doing--temps, pressures, i think it will even tell you the % of slipage?

DeepBlueZ

there is no stock trans temp gauge.