nixed007
Well-Known Member
Someone requested a DIY for this in one of my other threads. Like I told them this was my first diy and so its not top notch... Plus the engine is embarrassingly dirty.
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(7.22.2008)
This was the start of a DIY that and up going into the late hours on a week night so Its not fully compete however I will post some pictures that we did take below. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to give you the information you are looking for.
First Remove Battery
This view shows the existing trans cooler which i choose to leave on. I will more then likely remove this and relocate my lines to reduce warmup times and to give me extra room if I ever make the jump to a turbo ...
I drilled a small hole in the fire wall just above the steering column to run the wires for my trans temp guage and volt meter. It was easier then running threw some of the existing holes and i figure i will be using it again with up coming projects.
For the transmission temp sensor I purchased (1) brass tee, (2) brass 3/8" dia. hose fittings, and (1) 3/8 -> 1/8" npt thread adapter and spliced it into the exiting flow of transmission fluid. This allowed me to simply thread my sensor into the Tee fitting without tapping into the transmission pan.
The rubber hose on top is returning to the transmission and the hose on bottom is exiting the transmission... (this is what i understand so please correct me if i am wrong)
this shows the sensor, the black wire runs to an engine ground the white into the transmission temp gauge to provide the temp reading
After everything was installed. Overall the project was not to hard I purchased an addition 3 feet of transmission hose and used that for the filter installation. I will take some better pictures of how I attached the cooler and ran the piping.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
(7.22.2008)
This was the start of a DIY that and up going into the late hours on a week night so Its not fully compete however I will post some pictures that we did take below. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to give you the information you are looking for.
First Remove Battery
This view shows the existing trans cooler which i choose to leave on. I will more then likely remove this and relocate my lines to reduce warmup times and to give me extra room if I ever make the jump to a turbo ...
I drilled a small hole in the fire wall just above the steering column to run the wires for my trans temp guage and volt meter. It was easier then running threw some of the existing holes and i figure i will be using it again with up coming projects.
For the transmission temp sensor I purchased (1) brass tee, (2) brass 3/8" dia. hose fittings, and (1) 3/8 -> 1/8" npt thread adapter and spliced it into the exiting flow of transmission fluid. This allowed me to simply thread my sensor into the Tee fitting without tapping into the transmission pan.
The rubber hose on top is returning to the transmission and the hose on bottom is exiting the transmission... (this is what i understand so please correct me if i am wrong)
this shows the sensor, the black wire runs to an engine ground the white into the transmission temp gauge to provide the temp reading
After everything was installed. Overall the project was not to hard I purchased an addition 3 feet of transmission hose and used that for the filter installation. I will take some better pictures of how I attached the cooler and ran the piping.
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