Early in 2011, I towed my trailer down to Nevada from SW Washington (and back again) and had some issues with my transmission temperatures (among other things).
(I had a Hypermax turbo, Delphi BBs, and a Moose Pump installed in March of 2011. I also installed a boost gauge, a pyrometer and a transmission oil temperature gauge.)
I'm trying to get all of the kinks worked out of my truck, building it into a tow rig that I can haul all day (500 miles+) and not have any issues with. I recently pulled my trailer out to Pendleton, OR from the Vancouver, WA area (a little over 200 miles) in 95* heat and my transmission oil temp. gauge told me my tranny oil was up to 270* (towards the end of the tow). My gauge only goes to 280*, so that's a bit too high. I've heard about installing a pump and tranny cooler on a ZF 5 speed, but I've searched around and can't find any info describing such a thing.
My initial thoughts are to use a Facet Duralift pump and a tranny cooler I've got that came out of a 1985 F350 with a C6. I've already installed a Facet to replace the mechanical fuel pump, so I'm familiar with the installation of it.
The overall plan would be to drill two holes in the case, the supply down low and the return up high on the passenger side, have a couple of hard lines plumbed into the holes, the Facet in the return line mounted on the passenger side frame rail (maybe?) and the tranny cooler mounted up in the front under the grill somewhere. All of this would be tied together using rubber lines. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm thinking this would add about a quart of oil capacity, so that would be a benefit as well. Under normal conditions, I wouldn't need it on, so it would act as a stock system. I'd have a manual relay-activating switch mounted in the cab, so I could drive the truck with it switched off most of the time, but if my temps got too high, I could switch it on.
Has anyone done something similar to this? If not, I'd like to gather as much information as possible and create a posting for the Tech Articles.
(I had a Hypermax turbo, Delphi BBs, and a Moose Pump installed in March of 2011. I also installed a boost gauge, a pyrometer and a transmission oil temperature gauge.)
I'm trying to get all of the kinks worked out of my truck, building it into a tow rig that I can haul all day (500 miles+) and not have any issues with. I recently pulled my trailer out to Pendleton, OR from the Vancouver, WA area (a little over 200 miles) in 95* heat and my transmission oil temp. gauge told me my tranny oil was up to 270* (towards the end of the tow). My gauge only goes to 280*, so that's a bit too high. I've heard about installing a pump and tranny cooler on a ZF 5 speed, but I've searched around and can't find any info describing such a thing.
My initial thoughts are to use a Facet Duralift pump and a tranny cooler I've got that came out of a 1985 F350 with a C6. I've already installed a Facet to replace the mechanical fuel pump, so I'm familiar with the installation of it.
The overall plan would be to drill two holes in the case, the supply down low and the return up high on the passenger side, have a couple of hard lines plumbed into the holes, the Facet in the return line mounted on the passenger side frame rail (maybe?) and the tranny cooler mounted up in the front under the grill somewhere. All of this would be tied together using rubber lines. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm thinking this would add about a quart of oil capacity, so that would be a benefit as well. Under normal conditions, I wouldn't need it on, so it would act as a stock system. I'd have a manual relay-activating switch mounted in the cab, so I could drive the truck with it switched off most of the time, but if my temps got too high, I could switch it on.
Has anyone done something similar to this? If not, I'd like to gather as much information as possible and create a posting for the Tech Articles.
