wehre should i be with trans temp ???
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wehre should i be with trans temp ???
i got a factory match short sweep trans gauge hooked it up and ran the truck for a while and needle only moved a little bit , it only made it to right before the first line .i tryed to mark where with the arrow and the orange line is where the right side of needle went to ! i was wondering where it should read ? or what temp am i looking for ? i know its cold here in illinois but i thought it would get hotter than that ? im estimating that to be about 120 deg ? is that normal ?
Last edited by rideon20z; Feb 16, 2011 at 07:00 AM.
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Yes thats about normal. my buddy had a gauge in his truck and his gauge never went above 140, Untill it started to slip then the trans temps went way up. Your about norrmal, if you had the trans lines hooked up to a seperate cooler not through the radiatior you would prob never see any movement. I dont have a gauge yet that is my next project. the cooler the better
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Right around 170* is normal, when its cold out or cooler out it will drop lower. there is a chart in the faqs section with the temp range.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...emp-chart.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...emp-chart.html
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ok thanks guys it still looks cool ! even if it doesnt move a lot ! lol . maybe in the summer it will move more like you said truckin151 no biggie but now at least i know what to look for thanks for the chart also!
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Right now mine doesnt hit above 140* in stop and go traffic, normally around 135* in the winter (30* low 70* high), but mine has a higher stall converter (which creates more heat) and it has a larger trans cooler to help cool it down to counter act the heat from the converter. In the summer it wont go above 160* and generally sits around the 150* mark when its 115* outside.
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Transmission temps between 40*-60* above outside air temperature is considered normal non-towing operation...
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In the frozen tundra of ND the highest I have gotten mine sine Nov is 114*. That was on a 3.5 hour trip. I the summer mine would very 150* and 170* depending how hard i was driving.
it was -13 last week and I didnt see it get over 100*.
it was -13 last week and I didnt see it get over 100*.
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yeah yesterday here in illinois it didnt get over 20 and when i was driving around and i t was the first day i had it hooked up so like i said before i will wait till summer and watch it go up safley ! thanks everyone for all the replys !!!
