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Finned transmission pan ?
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Burning Brakes
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Finned transmission pan ?
Has anyone installed a finned trans pan. I am planning on adding a trans temp gauge to both cars & I would think that sort of pan would help cooling a bit. I really dont think I need to go to the extent of installing trans coolers yet as they are just street driven.
Do they work or are like those throttle body air foils, good only for paper weights.
Do they work or are like those throttle body air foils, good only for paper weights.
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I was looking into a finned pan to. I was thinking of getting one with a drain plug and using that for the trans temp gauge. I'd like to install one to.
http://www.eatmyshifts.com/pl_700r4.htm#Pans
http://www.eatmyshifts.com/pl_700r4.htm#Pans
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Originally Posted by Aardwolf
I was looking into a finned pan to. I was thinking of getting one with a drain plug and using that for the trans temp gauge. I'd like to install one to.
http://www.eatmyshifts.com/pl_700r4.htm#Pans
http://www.eatmyshifts.com/pl_700r4.htm#Pans
i talked with dana at probuilt transmissions--one of the forum recommended professional tranny gurus--a while ago and picked his brain. this was his opinion on some major points.
-- don't bother with a finned or deeper pan. instead put on a tranny cooler. that's where the real tranny relief is found in heat protection.
--doing a fluid change by dropping the pan is almost ineffective. do a full tranny flush instead. you change less than half of the fluid with a pan drop, and the old fluid, its contaminants and sediment can still irritate the transmission. (the forum tech tip on the full flush is easy, cheap and effective.)
--he said that tranny fluid can go as long as 100k miles without being changed since it isn't contaminated by combustion by-products such as motor oil is. (now this is him talking not me. although, he no doubt did not mean to run it that long with internal part debris circulating through the system.)
froggy.
Last edited by parafrog; Jul 29, 2005 at 02:04 PM.
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From: prescott AZ
First I installed a 3 qt extra capacity deep finned aluminum Hughes pan on my 95. It did not lower the temperature at all. It also was too low so I went with a regular capacity finned pan with drain plug
