Milner
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How's the tranny coming??
You're gonna love it
You're gonna love it
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Maverick
old-school
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Tranny is in. Shifts with a bang, so Jody is keeping the stock settings rather than firming it up from the tuner.
Where's the best place to get the EGT gauge and probe? I'm getting a tan pillar pod to put the EGT and tuner switch in. I'll have one empty spot...what should I put in? Boost? Voltmeter (stupid f*rd doesn't have a voltmeter)
Where's the best place to get the EGT gauge and probe? I'm getting a tan pillar pod to put the EGT and tuner switch in. I'll have one empty spot...what should I put in? Boost? Voltmeter (stupid f*rd doesn't have a voltmeter)
Maverick
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What does boost tell you? It's cool, but what exactly do you do with that info?
I know lots of guys put in the tranny temp, but my dash already has a temp gauge which appears to work.
I know lots of guys put in the tranny temp, but my dash already has a temp gauge which appears to work.
Milner
formerly "rckcrlr"
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I think that's standard on '03s?
I like the boost gauge. It doesn't have any real use as far as I know, but it's kinda interesting on a long pull. I drive off the speedo, EGT and trans temp gauge.
Maverick
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Yup, upper right. Usually sits right in the middle once it's warmed up. Only time I've seen it start to get hot was dragging a bobcat on the slow, steep hills near our property, 1st and 2nd gear stuff with the TC unlocked. I stopped and put it in low range and the temps went back down.
Brett
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Maverick
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You'll have to ask a f*rd enGineer.
Middle is cooler than "too hot" but warmer than cold.
Middle is cooler than "too hot" but warmer than cold.
Milner
formerly "rckcrlr"
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idiot gauge....Get a real one so you know!!
....Get a real one so you know!!
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Mine gets a little above 180, but only when I'm dragging something up a hill. I'd get the trans gauge if I were you.
Maverick
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idiot gauge
I thought idiot gauges were just the lights that come on after the damage is done.
If "normal" is 180, and it's usually at 180, and mine is usually at a certain spot in the middle, which would be "normal" and "normal" = 180, what's the point of installing a new gauge, unless you are going to read from a different spot on the tranny. (lots of threads debating the spot to read...pre-cooler vs post-cooler vs bottom of pan vs whatever)
I'd be suspicious of the gauge if it had never moved past that point, but it did, in a legitimate hot situation, and I reacted and adjusted for it.
We also put in a 26,000 gvw cooler in addition to the stock coolers.
Maverick
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So your dash gauge didn't read anything? Is it tied into the bypass tube? What is the tranny bypass tube?
Maverick
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Does it go past 180 with the TC locked when you are towing?
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Maverick
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Did you plumb it into a different spot than the factory gauge?
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I don't have a factory gauge. Mine's fairly "foo free" (non of that shift on the fly, trans gauge, etc.) but it is a Lariat? What can I say, it's a F*rd. The gauge is in the "inspection port" (maybe it's a "test port"?).
jevyguy
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I wouldn't trust a factory tranny guage, because you really need to know what the tranny temp is. In a 03 Powerstroke you can drive a couple of blocks in the dead of winter and somehow it reads Normal.... hmmmm.. What's normal anyway when you have no numbers to read?? Get some guages from summit racing, I am a big fan of auto meter! Tranny and EGT is really all the guages you need, because the boost is just for the cool factor
Maverick
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The chip will get to my office on the 24th.
I ordered my gauges and pod from JEGS last night, they will ship overnight on Monday. I get back from DC on Weds and will install my junk on Thurs.
On Friday, I'm haulin' a mini-ex up to my property near Wanship (7600 lbs plus trailer) so we'll find out how it does.
I ordered my gauges and pod from JEGS last night, they will ship overnight on Monday. I get back from DC on Weds and will install my junk on Thurs.
On Friday, I'm haulin' a mini-ex up to my property near Wanship (7600 lbs plus trailer) so we'll find out how it does.