Used one of these to cure bedliner last winter. Worked pretty well. Just make sure you aren't pointing it at anything meltable

 

After I posted that I thought the same thing. Derp...

 

Not yet, but I've been using my IR thermometer pointed at the trans pan. Before the mod on a hot day, it read 218 degrees. This morning, not as hot outside as before I did the mod, but it read a cool 161 degrees after the drive into work (about 20 miles, some highway driving).

I wanted to put a gauge in while doing all this, but none of the shops in my area have electronic gauges...just mechanical. I'm not too keen on running a tube of tranny fluid to my interior. At least I think that's how they work. I will likely order one later this week.

 

^ From what I have read, mechanical gauges no longer use caustic fluid in the tube. It is now non-toxic. The trick is getting a gauge with tube long enough to reach.
I have an electric sender in the hot/out line and mechanical in port on AW4 (1999 and earlier AW4 have a threaded sender port which Toyata used. Chrysler never used it). You may want to plumb in the stock cooler, after the aux, for your PA winters.
B&M Racing tranny coolers have built in flow restriction until fluid warms up.

 

Interesting. I plan to get two senders and a toggle switch so I can view both temps with one gauge. Should be easy enough. As far as the stock coolre goes, I want to see first hand if it even is an issue with the AW4 in the wintertime. An experiment, if you will. If it does seem to be a problem, then I plan to implement a thermal bypass valve (basically a thermostat for the tranny fluid) and that also will be an experiment.

 

The bandaid is about where a wedding ring would go. Someone at work pointed that out yesterday.

 

Drain & fill on the tranny, power steering reservoir, and radiator.

 

Made it a craigslist ad.

 

Your not selling it ....

 

I used vdo electric gauges for my th350 build a while back. I did just get a sunpro oil pres gauge and it does use motor oil in the line to the cabin

 

I had a mechanical auto meter oil pressure in my car. The copper line they provide works ok but it snapped one day and my engine caught fire a bit. I recommend getting a braided stainless line for it much stronger and safer.

 

Got the better MC/Booster out of my parts jeep, also took the steering shaft off to swap that out on my 91.

Got the MC/booster off my 91 and that's when I had to quit for the day.

 

Sounds like a statement..
Already had a trade offer. 2006 Honda Accord XL. Would prefer a VW TDI.

 

Well here you go then.


http://www.tdiclub.com/

 

ive always wanted a tdi jetta, but im on the hunt for a dd civic right now