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Old 11-26-2004, 10:22 PM   #1
Destructo
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Originally Posted by N2TRUX
The only thing I can recommend is an extrenal tranny cooler and a tranny temp gauge. I used to pull a car trailer with my 88 Chevy with a 700r4. Every time I tried to tow in OD it would start puking fluid. It wasn't until I put a tranny temp gauge in that I realized it was boiling the fluid out. I quit towing in OD and the problem went away. Not before I toasted a tranny though...
I put a big B&M Stacked Plate cooler on my 700r4 right after I rebuilt it, I also have lockup in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears, so heat should be no problem. I tow in 3rd with the torque converter locked most the time.
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