Tranmission temp gauge

[byondevl]

Where is a good spot for the sending unit?


Anyone that has installed on, please PM me.

 

[Bluefire16]

So i went to lowes to make my own and do you think this would work? The thermostat isnt all the way in threaded into it....idk if it would matter or not....

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Oh and not only that but my oil pressure gauge seems to stick a little around 40-60 psi? If im doing say 70 on the highway and my gauge will read about 70-80psi. Well when i let off and coast down the pressure will fall but get stuck at 40 then rapidly drop out of no where.

 

[Bluefire16]

Hey guys so this is my trany temp gauge unit i made. Just curious if you think this would work. So i went to lowes to make my own and do you think this would work? The thermostat isnt all the way in threaded into it....idk if it would matter or not. I need to no this ASAP, because im putting it in tomorrow! Thanks guys i appreciate it.
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[GDNF2ET]

The IPT one works..I'll admit it is a simple piece.. Put yours on and see what happens..At worst, the probe might be too far from the fluid for a good reading and your trans burns up..Doesn't seem like its worth it to me to experiment with trans temp, being its only a $20.00 part...

 

[Bluefire16]

Well if i instert the sensor right into the T it blocks about half the flow...think this would matter?

 

[GDNF2ET]

I would keep looking till you can find a coupling that matches the short IPT one..Shops that fab up hydraulic hose have alot of fittings, as well as some smaller mom & pop hardware stores...

 

[Bluefire16]

Looking at theirs its the same as what i got a 3/8 brass fitting i will install it and try it out.

 

[Jarnutt]

People spend a lot of time and trouble (and money) trying to do things the easy way I just did my valve body with the IPT modified one, and while I was in there, I drilled and tapped my pan for my sensor, the fluif sitting in your pan is the most accurate reading of what temp your fluid is, its a mixture of cooled and drain back fluid, not to mention heat soak from the mechanical components of the transmission. Of all the trucks we work on at my shop, I've never seen one woth a temp gauge sending unit anywhere but in the diff or in the transmission pan. There's a reason the dummy light sending unit sits submerged in the fluid at the bottom of the valve body and not in the cooler.