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Old 05-10-2009, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by HammerZ71
I'm anxious to see how you make out, my pod is installed with the gauge in it, but the sensor and wire is tie wrapped inside for now. I was set to drop the pan and tap a hole, as I was told by 2 performance shops I'd have to do, but have hesitated because my tranny fluid ain't even 10k old and is synthetic, not cheap!!!

My only question is why would a couple of performance places not know about doing it this way?
Probably because they haven't spent 2 or 3 hours a day reading dodge websites for the last 4 years. lol
 
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Old 05-10-2009, 08:07 AM
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Man, I thought I would wake up this morning to see some pics of that guage lit up and functioning. Where are the pics Silver?????
 
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That's a sweet looking gauge, I bet it weren't cheap.

I grabbed one at Advance for all of $16, lighted, and the face matched my dash gauges perfectly.
 
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haha alright guys give me some time ill try to write the diy. as for the night pics i tried to take some but the camera's flash would make it so you couldnt even tell it was dark. need to take it with a different camera
 
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Ive been thinking about this one myself. Im just wondering, what would be a better guage? Trans temp or trans pressure?
 
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Old 05-10-2009, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by SeMiGoD
Ive been thinking about this one myself. Im just wondering, what would be a better guage? Trans temp or trans pressure?
I was actually hung between three, trans temp, diff temp, or A/F ratio.

Actually thought about going the three gauge pod route, but I need the handle to pull my fat a$$ into a lifted truck. Thought very seriously about going to an aftermarket diff cover with the bung already in it and a drain plug, but I'm thinking the tranny temp is more important to monitor.

The A/F would be nice when I do the cam and custom tune, but since I'm not sure how long it'll be before I do that, I figured the $16 temp gauge was the way to go...
 
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IT WORKS!!!! finally took it for a drive today. after a little in town driving the temp slowly went up. i checked under my truck when i got home and there were no leaks so i guess i did it right lol. i just have one question, what is a normal temp for the tranny?
 
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ok, newb here to this forum but not to dodges as some here may know me from DT but glad to be here as there is some good info.

Want to do this soon and wanted to know what you guys thought about the accuracy on the #3 test port compared to cutting the line or other methods cuz i like the test port since there's no cutting of OEM stuff, lol
 
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test port seems accurate to me and its worth it bc all you have to do is unscrew the screw and place the adapter fitting in the test port
 
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I put 2 sensors in, 1 in the test port and 1 in the hot cooler line. The test port reads quite a bit lower than the line. It is usually about 15 to 25 degrees cooler. You can watch the temps rise in the cooler line if the torque converter is unlocked.
 


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