Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Permanent auto trans line pressure gauge in cab?

[samsonite01]

What youall think?

I think a 1/8npt pressure sensor/transducer wired up to a couple autometer gauges in the cab.

Have not seen this before, trying to find info on the net but coming up short.

Probly two gauges. One on the accumulator port as to monitor line pressure continuously, the other could be somthing cool like a multi gauge that will tell pressures at the front servo, rear servo, and overdrive port as the gears change.

So 4 pressure transducers two gauges some 20gauge wire and a clever cab mounting location.

OR....am i way overthinking this!!!

 

[phantomusa]

Why would you want a pressure gage ???
I would think a temp gage would be needed more then pressure ???

 

[samsonite01]

I havea temp gauge. Yes temp is important. Line pressure is as important as temp. Iv been having weird issues with my $6k trans. Ther not all bullet proof. My reasoning for wanting to monitor pressure would be to prevent a total failure if somthing were togo wrong. Preventitive.

The most failure is toohot and pressure loss from pump or fail in vbody. Some failures can be caught early. Mabey save some of them expensive hard parts.

Plus. I belive you can neverhave too much info. I have a problem with pushing my truck beyond its limits and breaking stuff like my trans. If i only would have known the accum piston was leaking a touch at high pressure mabey could have cought it early and not burn bands and drum.

 

[Wayne M.]

You could have a bank of senders into a multifunction switch, feeding the selected signal into a common gauge that's in range of all the pressures.

 

[samsonite01]

Yes! Where would i find some of thies multi func setups. Is it a modual that all the sender units tie to and switchs them when a signal is altered?

 

[JR]

Following with interest

 

[Wayne M.]

I did a quick search on AutoMeter, and didn't find what I was looking for. I know I've seen it in a race car fabrication book I read years ago (lent out- never returned), but I'm thinking any heater blower multi contact/ single pole switch could work, providing there's little to no resistance (some switches have built in resistor packs to make blower speeds). To really make it accurate, have the switch work a bank of micro relays in a small project box where the signals are sent through the relay points, and onto a common bus bar to the gauge.
This could get as complex and fancy as you want, but basically the idea is to select a sender signal and divert it to the gauge.

 

[The patriot]

Lol.
My old job....

 

[samsonite01]

I did see a picture of a autometer gauge that went to 250psi, it was not a temp gauge and said trans psi in the bottom. Autometers in my pillar so would like to match them. Probly can call them for the two gauges and the pressure transducers.

The redneck inme wonders if you could just wire all the transducers together and when one signal drops the next one would pick up?

 

[samsonite01]

Hey patriot, what the heck is all that?

 

[The patriot]

Steam plant in a chemical factory.
The other 3 walls are gauges and graphs too.

 

[samsonite01]

Homer Simpsons office?

 

[Monstermaker]

Homer Simpsons office?

HAHAHAhaha.... that's it!!!!!

 

[samsonite01]

Update on gauge...

Had to pull trans due to TC failure. Shes rebuilt and back in now. Still going to do gauge just waitin on funds. Upgraded few more things in trans$$$$'