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QUESTION:Tow in '3' (D). Turn off the overdrive. This has the added effect of
engaging the 'coast clutch' in the overdrive drum so you have engine
braking.
Put on a cooler. A big cooler. The largest cooler you can get behind the
grille. Use two if you want. Make some strap iron brackets and mount them
RIGHT BEHUND the grille. Not up against the radiator or AC condenser.
Bypass the cooler in the radiator. Don't argue, just do it. When hooking
to the steel lines, first cut your hoses to length, then take them to a NAPA
and have crimp-on connectors with a steel compression sleeve put on. Never
trust a hose clamp here.
Secure lines out of harm's way. If you have to pass over a sheet metal edge,
use a piece of 7/8 heater hose as a sleeve. If passing thru a sheet metal
partition, cut a piece of 3/8 hose to the circumference of the hole, slit it
lengthways, and make a grommet for the hole. Don't try to cut corners here.
Overfill it by a quart. This pup takes a quart just to fill the forward,
direct, and coast drums. So you are already a quart down.
If you have a 2WD, go to the Ford place or a transmission shop and get a 4WD
pan and filter. More fluid = cooler fluid =happier transmission = happier
owner.
ANSWER: That is total overkill... I tow a skid steer around with a 2wd, with no
cooler, just a B&M pan.. (deeper) and my tranny temp never goes past half.
On hills I let off the throttle, slow down drop to 1 and put the pedal to
the metal
Mind you I don't tow the skid steer much... but it works
I just reccomend a deeper pan, and tow in D.. never overdrive.. you will
roast that poor tranny.. I've been through that whole mess on an old F-100 I
had..
But
Different strokes for different folks.
whatever floats your boat
whatever pulls your chain
It's your choice......if it was my truck it would have the extra cooler
(which, if you read the post, was the ONLY addition I suggested), and
possibly a deep pan if its a 2 WD (he didn't say).
The rest was 'how-to', or more accurately, how not to, based on all the
half-assed installations I've encountered over the years.
Considering the cost of re-built trannys being so
dang high = These are approx.figures for you to
think about:
Every 5 degree reduction in tranny fluid temp =
adds approx 30,000 miles to the life of the
tranny. We run over 400 fords with the factory
tranny cooler that has 3-loop cooler coils just in
front of the a/c condenser.
Also - pulling a trailer in over drive and
exceeding the rated GVW, and into headwinds/uphill
will cost you BIG $$. Calculate the GVW and
re-think your cooler needs. Add the load of the
trailer & boat to the GVW. Tubular tranny coolers
work fine but the stacked plate styles are the
best of all.
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