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i started to plow w/ my truck for the first time last night and i seen temps around 185, and they stayed anywhere from 150-185 all night as i pushed......... anyone know the danger number i should be looking out for?!?!
 
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there's a nice chart someon had that showed all the temp ranges and how it affected fluid life and transmission reliability. don't remember who posted but i've seen it a few tiems. for some reason 200 is waht i was thinking was the danger zone
 
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No thats a good temp, your ok
 
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200 is the number i seem to remember being danger from reading somewhere but i can not find anything in our search so i figured ide ask.....
 
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i started to plow w/ my truck for the first time last night and i seen temps around 185, and they stayed anywhere from 150-185 all night as i pushed......... anyone know the danger number i should be looking out for?!?!
Let's see some pictures or that new plow working. Kind of funny you talking about snow. It was 86 here yesterday, I'm in shorts and short sleeved shirts.
 
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Old 12-03-2007, 12:47 PM
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my'07, 5.9 had a reading of 210 last month, camper on the back pulling 1500 lbs., in low gear, in four wheel low, climbing a dirt road, cooled right down when conditions got better.

i should also add it is generally in the 140-160 range.
 
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Here is a chart frommag-hytec, may be a bit skewed to sell their pans but...


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THANKS alot sublime! those are numbers i was looking for and not i dont have to we worried when i see them shoot up like that.

and solar, a little tab bit of advice for ya wether you already do so or not..... THANK GOD YOU HAVE NICE WEATHER ALL YEAR im sure it gets real hot in texas where you are in the summer but when it gets close to 0 degrees it gets pretty nasty[:'(]

i thought about pictures last time i was out but i dident have a camera and it was only a 2" snow, when we get that big snow of a foot plus you better beleive ill have pictures up!
 
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2 inches of snow! That's a blizzard.
 


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