avalanche
Lancaster, Ca. USA
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Hello All
I have a 2008 Jayco 32ss on a kodiak chassis with the 8.1 engine. It has a transmission temp gauge in the middle of the dash. We have only made one trip in it so far but I am not getting any reading on the gauge. It's under warranty but the nearest shop is 1 1/2 hours away. Does anybody know how I can test the input wires to see if it is getting a signal. Thanks for your help. Jack
Also, has anybody traded this gauge out with a more visable (maybe autometer)gauge with a 270 degree sweep.
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The Thermos keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. How does it know?
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grampachet
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That thermos is like our children, they remember what is fed into them.
Can't help you on your gauge question. My F-250 has a trans temp gauge and it always run in the middle of the gauge after it is warmed up. Towing or empty, hot or cold it never varies much at all.
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ASA Glamis
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The temperature gauge on my Seneca 35GS will not move except when I’m pulling a long hill towing my trailer. It starts out at 160 degrees and unless you have quite a load it will not move much. I think yours is probably working correctly.
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az99
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ASA Glamis wrote:The temperature gauge on my Seneca 35GS will not move except when I’m pulling a long hill towing my trailer. It starts out at 160 degrees and unless you have quite a load it will not move much. I think yours is probably working correctly. Same here. I have also read the same thing on several other forums.
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bassn_07
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The only time I ever seen it move is when I was towing 6500 pounds up the Grapevine near Southern Ca. At first I thought the same thing but it does work. I'll be replacing my transmission gauge with a aftermarket that starts at a 100 degrees instead of 160. There are a few Kodiak owners that I spoke to that highly recommended changing the transmission gauge.
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avalanche
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bassn_07 wrote:The only time I ever seen it move is when I was towing 6500 pounds up the Grapevine near Southern Ca. At first I thought the same thing but it does work. I'll be replacing my transmission gauge with a aftermarket that starts at a 100 degrees instead of 160. There are a few Kodiak owners that I spoke to that highly recommended changing the transmission gauge.
Do you know if they were able to hook up the aftermarket gauge to the existing wiring or did they install a new sending unit? Thanks for all the info. Jack
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goodwind
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I just spoke to the Jayco senior service advisor and he informed me the transmission was of such that the sensor rarly moves. On when you are towing a really heavy load climbing mountains. Guage is OK just a cool tranny. Dane
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bassn_07
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I'm thinking that I'll probably have to change out the sending unit, but either way it will be a piece of cake. I will also be adding the 4x4 4 gage cluster instead of the 2 gauge plus slot in the dash. I will run boost, transmission, and EGT gages in that cluster...not sure what I'll run in the fourth spot. From what I was told the factory gauges are par at best. It's all personal preference and I feel better knowing that I have a set of good gages, especially running the extra power that I run.
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buchrob
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If you are planning any type of "boost", EGT should be your 4th choice.
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bassn_07
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I'm already running a EGT gage in my 2nd spot on the stock cluster.
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