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Topic: how is your trans temp gauge hooked up? (Read 424 times)
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west
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is it tapped into to the cooler line or is there a spot on the 727 for a fitting.
looking for ideas and pics.thanks
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bOb shingler
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i never used one but my buddy had his in the trans pan.
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"bOb Built" (no matter how many times it takes)  |
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Blue
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Mine's in the pan, neatest way to do it IMO.
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"The man that say's nothing is impossible has never tried slamming a revolving door"
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ucdcrush
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is it tapped into to the cooler line or is there a spot on the 727 for a fitting.
looking for ideas and pics.thanks
On my car I used the hard cooler line as far forward as I could, then used rubber trans line to the cooler. I added a 't' fitting which the fluid flows through as well as the sensor. It is on the output line of the trans, under the battery tray. One of the hose clamps (the one around the brass part of the fitting) has a little wire which is grounded, which is hard to see in the pic but it's attached to the body of the car. The red wire to the temp gauge (autometer). The pan would be good if it wasn't already installed in the car, but for me this works fine without having to drop and drill/tap the pan.  |
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west
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crush,where did you get that?
will an fittings fit on that?
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ucdcrush
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Lowes (better selection than home depot for these things..).. It is just a 1/4" NPT (I think) fitting, and 5/16" hose barbs for the in/out, and I think one more fitting for the autometer sensor to screw into and adapt to the T fitting. All from lowes though, but they dont have AN fittings.
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west
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oh,i though it came with the sensor.  any ideas on how to attatch the sensor to an an hose? |
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ucdcrush
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I guess two AN-to-1/4" pipe thread adapters (e.g earls), into this brass thingie, with the sensor on top.
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vitamindart
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i also just have mine in the pan ,works great
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dusterdarryl
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I have an Autometer gauge with a sender wire going down to an autometer alloy box with the trans line connected to it, since I use -6 stainless lines I have all an fittings, works a treat and is trick looking
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Shift as hard as you like, just dont break your arm... (George Hurst)
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west
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yeah i saw those at summit,i think i'm going that route too.thanks everyone
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Dartsport
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In the pan.
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 505 cu. in. , Alston chassis, CRT trans, FBO Ignition, 9.451et, 141.91mph, 1.278 - 60 foot, SO FAR!! |
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gt
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What is a typical running temp for the trans?
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 Finally done. 440, 727, 8 3/4, Blah, Blah, Blah... |
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west
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i decided on the autometer piece. i hooked it up to the output side of the trans to get a more accurate reading.  |
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dusterdarryl
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yip, looks just like my set up
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Shift as hard as you like, just dont break your arm... (George Hurst)
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west
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the gauge and the sender need to be compatible.
it's possible you have the wrong sending unit
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dodgeboy
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Mine is in the pan. The main reason I wanted to monitor transmission temp is I have no oil cooler connected to the transmission. In the winter (Texas) the trans temp never gets hot enough to register on the gauge. In hot summer temps the trans temp never gets over 160 degrees so I never bothered to hook up a cooler. I run a stock converter, they just don't generate much heat. It seems the trans temp would have to exceed 200 for the stock cooler to start cooling. I think the stock cooler's purpose is more to warm the trans fluild in cold climates than to perform any cooling function. At least that has been my experience with it.
Roger
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