I do not know if you guys have talked about this or not but I have a getrag 5 speed. I know that transmission gauges are used all the time in automatic's but are they used in manuel's? Second if they are, where do you mount the probe at?

 

Not usually. A few guys have done it. Hippie had a bung welded on the PTO cover, and I think Mopar2ya's probe is in one of his cooler lines (he added a fan cooled oil cooler and an electric pump to circulate the oil).

If you're towing heavy it's not a bad idea. 4th gear gives the coolest operation since it's straight through.

 

Mine's mounted where the fill plug would go. When overfilled, there will always be oil sloshing in that area. I haven't towed in the summer yet, but saw 230* running 70 for 45 minutes empty last summer. They get pretty warm.

 

Yeah, anybody with the power to tow a heavy load up a good grade in 5th probably ought to have a gauge. One more reason why synthetic is a must in the Getrag.

 

Do they make a big enough probe to fit the fill plug?

 

Not sure where mine came from...it looks like a bigger version of a water temp sender you'd get with a mechanical water temp gauge. It threads right into the fill plug opening with no adapters required. A single wire runs from it and feeds an isspro gauge.

 

Thanks G1625S
Where did you get your isspro gauges? How are your gauges set up in your truck?

Thanx

 

With big loads of cattle, I have seen Getrags get hot enough for the housing to smoke.

Of course, this was before anyone ever heard of over-filling or synthetic lube.

It is a shame that no-one seems to be able to come up with a 5-spOD transmission that is truly compatible with these trucks when pulling the loads that they are capable of.

The Getrag has it's quirks, the NV can't keep 5th gear, the 5 sp ZF that Ford uses will disintegrate.

My old 4-sp in an old 78 Chevy has over a half million miles of the worst abuse that I could throw at it and I still have more confidence in it than any other transmission out there; and, the T-19 that was in my Ford has never missed a beat, hauling cattle in 41 seperate states.

As to the location of the transmission temperature sender, replace the filler-plug with a short pipe-nipple; to this screw a 1" pipe-tee (adapted to fit the 1/2" nipple) with the short leg sticking up; adapt the sending unit to screw into the remaining horizontal leg of the TEE; and, screw a 1" pipe-plug into the vertical leg of the TEE; this will be the new filler-plug.

You may be able to find a TEE with 1/2" on both ends and 1" on the short leg; this would save some adapters.

 

I'm definatly open to suggestions. I think that will work ill check it out.
thanks

 

What do you guys think of this?

http://www.genosgarage.com/CoastalDa...ID=782&CATID=1

 

Anything helps. I know the 'rag is sensitive to outside temps. I couldn't hit 190 pulling 8k across Pennsylvania in January, but I went over 220 last week empty when it was 65*

 

It doesn't look like it would do all that much cooling. Not enough surface area on the fins.

 

A tranny gauge is pointless on a standard, automatics create heat even when the torque converter is disengaged and create alot more heat. If you put a temp gauge on a standard you might as well put when on your rear dif because it is the same thing, and throw one on the front to so when you are in four wheel you can see how hot that gets .

 

Yeah for 180 dollars its a bit or a reah on the funds at the moment so
thanks for the advice

 

Whatever.