Transmission Temp Help Please!
Transmission Temp Help Please! Hey guys my converter and trans cooler are going in tomorow and i don't have a trans temp gauge. Will i be alright if i don't have a gauge to check with not overheating the trans. The converter is a 3400 2.1 str fuddle racing converter and the bm trans cooler is the one that everyone uses. Please help as this is going in tomorow.
well i race some weekends but not that often and how hard is it to put a trans temp gauge in the car i never did any thing like that will welding a bung in the pan or anything i just didn't know if there was going to be a need for it.
Putting the gauge in is very simple. The sending unit screws into a pressure test port above the tranny linkage on the drivers side. Just remove the plug in the port and replace with sending unit. Run signal wire to wherever you want the gauge mounted, tap into a switched 12v source and a good ground and you have a tranny guage....pretty easy. 
I burnt my tranny up with the B&M and people at my speedshop told me that it was because the cooler was too small. I am not sure which B&M cooler I had though, but I now have a really nice large one that Gearstar sent me. I had a temp guage and I could monitor my temps, once they started getting higher though I couldnt do anything about it, but it probably bought me some time.
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i got a B&M 24000 cooler i think? also got the guage...on the freeway my tranny runs at around 120and in horrible houston traffic 140...its cheap and can only help make ur tranny last longer
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i have a cobalt guage too, i have it installed but i did it the light switch, but wen the head light switch is off teh gauge is off like it wont show temp untill iturn it on,, any ideas??? also on a hot day it ran just a lil over 160 i sthat bad, i have 3800
who has a vig 3800 stall,,,,, ive seen 3600 and 3200 stalls run more loose then mine.... when i like push it to go it shoots up to 3k rpm and then it just drops under that wen cruisin and feels tite still not super loose like iv seen sum people just tuch the gas lighly and it hits 3 i do that its like lil over 2
Originally Posted by CASHss99
i have a cobalt guage too, i have it installed but i did it the light switch, but wen the head light switch is off teh gauge is off like it wont show temp untill iturn it on,, any ideas??? also on a hot day it ran just a lil over 160 i sthat bad, i have 3800
that is how mine is set...if the lights automatcily pop on when it gets dark..it comes on too but druin the day i put on my fog lights and it will come on...its wired the same as your dash display
hey guys is there a way to test the tempature sender cuz i took my car out today(1st time with the guage) and mine was reading like 250 after the car was heated up. I also have a trans cooler. Wasnt really beating on either just took it to school and back. Vig 3200 any ideas?
just an idea......do you have a digital multi meter? take the sender out.... wait till its cold check the volts or the continuity or ohms or sumtin and see what it reads,,,,,, then heat it up in ur hand nice and warm and see it the reading rises if it does it should be werking fine......... also check all your connections make sure it aint like shorting or crossing anywhere and getting a bogus reading,,,,, or ur trans is guna blow up all over the street lol sorrri
no fluid should come out maybe a drop or two but thats it. The autometer sending unit will screw right in they recomend some teflon sealant on the threads and the wire that you use should be 18 guage. hope this helps
