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Offline snapdaddy

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transmission gauge
« on: November 15, 2009, 04:54:17 pm »
i have a 1980 cc dually 454 with the 3speed auto tranny

i want to installl a trans gauge in to it i cant seem to find out any info on installing

any help would be great

thanks
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Offline VileZambonie

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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2009, 04:58:40 pm »
What do you mean transmission gauge?
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2009, 05:02:53 pm »
a tranny temp gauge
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2009, 05:08:16 pm »
Just mount the temp sensor in the pan. If you don't have a pan with a drain plug either install one or buy a different pan.
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2009, 05:09:13 pm »
I got one from B&M and It's all electrical.  It's got a sensor that you rig a TEE up to the lower (return??) line up to, then you need a power and a ground.
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2009, 06:10:06 pm »
do you have any photos of it installed?
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Offline snapdaddy

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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2009, 06:13:04 pm »
i was looking at my transmission and on the driver side it look like there is a sensor with one wire going to it what is that for ?

is this what you installed?


http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BMM-80212/
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2009, 06:21:45 pm »
Th400? That's the detent solenoid
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2009, 06:24:50 pm »
what does that do?

can i replace that with a temp sensor

on the other side there is two tranmission lines going to the cooler and there is another metal line going to it almost look like a oil pressure gauge can you tell me what that is?


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Offline Layne

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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2009, 08:35:39 pm »
No pics as of now... my trucks at the shop. But that is the gauge that installed.  I have a 700R4 in my truck so I dunno what your third line is.
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2009, 08:00:35 am »
We'll need a pic of your other mystery line unless it's the vacuum line to the modulator.
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2009, 06:52:25 pm »
it is a 400 and i bet its a vacuum line

is there a "cap" or something like that i can take out and install a sensor?
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2009, 07:24:33 pm »
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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2009, 09:00:07 pm »
ive been reading about the differnts in placement of the tranny temp sender and the installation   i think im leaning more toward the one from summit it look like an easy install and something i can do with out haveing to drain the tranny fluid out (which i prob need to do anyways and change the filter) here are some other thread ive been reading (sorry there are from diff site but very useful infor

http://jeepin.com/features/tranny_temp_gauge/index.asp

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14236194.cfm

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Re: transmission gauge
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2009, 09:04:23 pm »
here is a good chart that i came across

http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/ATFTempChart.htm
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