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Old Aug 17, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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trans temp sender

wheres the best place to install the sending unit for trans temp gauge, i've already got the MAG-HYTEC d deep pan .
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Old Aug 17, 2003 | 11:57 AM
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Re:trans temp sender

I just installed mine a couple weeks ago. After several weeks of pondering ???, I decided to go into the hot line out of the tranny. This is the line that comes out the front drivers side of the tranny. I cut into the line where it crosses in front of the pan. It is a tight fit but it works well. I would stay away from mounting the sending unit in the pan. If this temp gets to high, it is already tooo late.

Just my $0.02.
Carl
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 12:27 AM
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Re:trans temp sender

Carl,

What did ya do about grounding the sensor? :
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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Re:trans temp sender

You don't need to ground it. The ground comes from the electrical box and leads running to the sensor (there are two wires going to the sensor, at elast on my ISSPRO). Even if you only had one wire running to the sensor, I would think that you would have a ground through the tranny line. All connections onit a metal to metal on the tranny lines so should be good to go. I have not checked with an ohmmeter but makes sense that the line would be grounded.

Then again, if you are using ISSPRO, it doesn't matter.

Carl
Have I said lately how much I like my ISSPRO gauges?
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 08:14 PM
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Re:trans temp sender

Hey, Carl, do you like your ISSPRO??? . I bought a Di-Pricol and the instructions said to be sure the sender is mounted metal to metal for ground. But I can understand where you're coming from. The gauge has 2 grounds, one for power and the other for something maybe the sensor?
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