Tranny vent idea

[454Sub]

Im sure some of you have already done this idea, and it just struck me today after my Mudfest debacle. When your vent plugs on an automatic, it pukes large amounts of fluid out the dipstick and covers basically everything. Now, I know I should have ran it up to the firewall like a smart guy, and I have done this in the past. But, now you have the vent ran up, but overheating is still going to be a problem in the mud. Rock crawling maybe not so much. Anyways, if it overheats, it still pukes out of the vent, now ran up to the firewall, basically doing the same thing but on a smaller scale. So, a moment of long overdue brilliance struck me today. I just bought a copper elbow, and hose barb, drilled a hole in the dipstick at the top, and threaded the fitting in. Hooked the hose up to it and viola. Now, in the eventual overheat it will get, instead of puking it all over and causing a potential fire, it just pukes it back down the dipstick, never getting all over, and never running the risk of a low fluid level burning up the clutches in the process. Just a thought for some of you, as I seen pics of guys running the vents up and putting a little filter on top.

 

[badmix]

I think if your over-heating a tranny, you got bigger problems than just puking fluids. Jus say'n

 

[sweetk30]

you need to read this stuff . and mount a big cooler in the cab or away from mud to plug it. and maybe even cooler with fan built in .

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3020914#post3020914

also if th350 tranny swap in just the dipstick from a 700r4 with the locking top. same length dip stick . tube different but you only need the stick.

and as said if getting that hot you got other problems to address .

 

[454Sub]

90* weather + 5000rpms for around 5 to 8 min will boil tranny fluid regardless of the cooler. I have a cooler for an rv, biggest Haynes sells, can't get it much better than that. The windstar fan crapping out was the root cause of the overheating. But the vent is a good idea regardless, impossible to get water in tranny with a locking dipstick.