Trans Temp

[fordtrucker4life!]

What trans temp do you usually get with the torque shift trans? The reason I ask is I think my gauge is bad. Only 3 months old and I know it is a cheap autometer. When I turn the key on it reads 130 degrees and after driving it reads 200 degrees. I know the temp is not a 130 degrees dead cold sitting there. I infared temped the pan after the drive and only got 115 degrees, while the gauge reads 200. Just wondering what temp you usually get.

 

[bushpilot]

could be a bad sending unit (or gauge).

it takes SEVERAL minutes of driving for me to
come off the peg (100* ?) and i rarely (towing)
reach much more than 165*....150*-ish is the norm.

I have autometers, im happy w/ 'em..never had a problem.

your guage should work like THIS ONE -> ITP DIESEL LINK

 

[fordtrucker4life!]

The gauge in the link is the same one I have. I believe it is the sending unit becasue I unhooked the wire and the gauge was pegged at the min. As soon as I touched the wire on the sending unit it read 150 degrees and the truck hasn't moved for a couple days.

 

[patrickc]

I would try a new sending unit and see if it cures your problem. I know autometer does make several different sending units so it is possible that you do have the wrong sending unit. I ran into this problem when I installed a replacement sending unit.

 

[fordtrucker4life!]

Thanks guys that is exactly what I am going to do. I got the gauges from summit, but I should be able to get a sending unit from autometer.

 

[Digital Oxygen]

I'm seing anywhere from 110 to 140 at 75mph. When it's sitting still on High Idle, rarely does it go over 100F

 

[John Boucher]

is it grounded in a good place???

 

[fordtrucker4life!]

is it grounded in a good place???

Yea I got it grounded with all the other gauge grounds under the dash.

 

[patrickc]

Summit does sell the replacement sending units if you don't want to order it from autometer. My autometer gauge reads the same as Digital Oxygen's.

 

[bling821]

It wouldn't hurt to check the ground wire. It may need to have the luc repaced. Even the lug on the sender could need replalcing. Its just a quick thing to check before going through the trouble of getting a new sender.