transmission gauge

[Layne]

Wow! good thing I got an auxiliary cooler. I was running about 290. That gauge was very easy to install for me, but I've done gauges in the past many times before.
Vile, are you talking about a mechanical gauge to thread into the pan?  I'm not sure if the B&M will work but I could be wrong. Viles idea sounds alot simpler than my gauge install, let us know what you decide on doing.

[snapdaddy]

so you did install your on the lower return line? and it was 290 before you installed the aftermarket cooler

[Layne]

Yeah. My trucks at the trans shop for crappy rebuilding. Guy threw in a trans cooler b/c I been there often. He told me the rad can't keep up with a 700R4, so a trans cooler was in order. My trans is built pretty radically too.

[snapdaddy]

i decided to go ahead and buy the B&M tranny temp gauge

i should be putting it in this weekend im still not sure where to put it yet, after reading several pages about this topic even in other forums i have yet to decide where to put my there is alot of good point where to put and y so well see this weekend when i have a free min to put it in

[Layne]

I put autometer gauges in my stock locations, and I had the brake warning lamp that I popped out and put the B&M gauge in that spot

[snapdaddy]

i installed my gauge and etc yesterday morning it was really simple to install i put my gauge where the clock use to be (the previous owner took it out and put a oil gauge there i got the stock gauge to work)    i also put the sending unit in the lower return line  after driving it into town the gauge reads 150-160 i havent took in out on a long trip yet going in to town is about 10miles and when i get there i park it for a an hr. On the installation sheet it said a transmission should run 175-225

[Layne]

My trans seemed to take a decade to heat up lol. But after it did, it seemed to take even longer to cool after the truck had been shut off. Take it through its paces, and definitely take on the highway.

[malibu795]

i installed my gauge and etc yesterday morning it was really simple to install i put my gauge where the clock use to be (the previous owner took it out and put a oil gauge there i got the stock gauge to work)    i also put the sending unit in the lower return line  after driving it into town the gauge reads 150-160 i havent took in out on a long trip yet going in to town is about 10miles and when i get there i park it for a an hr. On the installation sheet it said a transmission should run 175-225

for DD i like my temps 130-160*  towing little warmer... i dont like anything over 200 for sustained periods or i look at getting a bigger cooler

IMO i rather have the temp in the outlet line..(too cooler) much like an engine temp guage is set right before the t-stat..