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Subject:Re: What gauges do you have?
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:08:49 -0800
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<P>I avoid the 4000 rpm range like the plague... I have a 2.1 and per what Boston Bob says about throwing rods and&nbsp;low oil pressure problems being associated with higher rpms... I play it safe, and I don't have any guages other than what the factory put in. </P>
<P>BTW if you were low on oil, would the stock oil pressure sensors warn you? I had a 71 bus and the sensor it had was very good about doing that (it had a crack in the case). <BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Tom Forhan <FOURWDVW@YAHOO.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;I think the two critical guages for a more or less
<DIV></DIV>&gt;stock syncro are oil temp and trans temp.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;WBX owners with oil temp gauges report temps start to
<DIV></DIV>&gt;creep up around 3900-4000 rpm. I'd like to know
<DIV></DIV>&gt;exactly where this happens in specific situations so
<DIV></DIV>&gt;I could back off a bit.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;This engine heat rise is not reflected in the water
<DIV></DIV>&gt;temp gauge, and BTW syncros already have one, so why
<DIV></DIV>&gt;add another? I don't tthe specific temp reading, just
<DIV></DIV>&gt;relative position of the needle in varying conditions.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Heat is clearly a problem for these transmissions, so
<DIV></DIV>&gt;you should have a way to get an idea what is normal
<DIV></DIV>&gt;now, and then if it gets higher in a specific
<DIV></DIV>&gt;situation, back off a bit and take it easy.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Tom F.
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