freerider15
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Alright, so after doing a bit of wheeling last month, I need to get some issues addressed with my setup, so all input would help .
So in my build (yeah I know my pictures aren't working), I connected up my own gate shifter to the shift lever on the side of the AW4.
However I'm running into some issues.
- Tranny gets way too hot just crawling (gauge sits at 250°+)
- I think I may not be actually getting 1st gear? (according to Flores, who seems pretty familiar with the AW4 )
- 3rd gear is all the highest I can go (RPM's are getting up there doing 40MPH or so).
Now, I know part of this is due in fact to:
- Torque converter not locking up, thus creating excess heat
- If I'm not getting 1st (which I'm thinking i'm not), then the heat build up with the couplers in second makes sense
- I run manual brakes, so the transmission isn't seeing the resisted signal that the brakes are/aren't on.
So...
How do I go about fixing these issues? I'm not remotely electronically dumb, but transmissions aren't exactly my forte :laugh:
Essentially I'd like to be able to cruise it at 40-50mph, as well as crawl like normal.
I don't want to be doing manual shifting, I'd like to use the AW4 as "normally" as possible.
Thoughts? Fixes? How to's?
So in my build (yeah I know my pictures aren't working), I connected up my own gate shifter to the shift lever on the side of the AW4.
However I'm running into some issues.
- Tranny gets way too hot just crawling (gauge sits at 250°+)
- I think I may not be actually getting 1st gear? (according to Flores, who seems pretty familiar with the AW4 )
- 3rd gear is all the highest I can go (RPM's are getting up there doing 40MPH or so).
Now, I know part of this is due in fact to:
- Torque converter not locking up, thus creating excess heat
- If I'm not getting 1st (which I'm thinking i'm not), then the heat build up with the couplers in second makes sense
- I run manual brakes, so the transmission isn't seeing the resisted signal that the brakes are/aren't on.
So...
How do I go about fixing these issues? I'm not remotely electronically dumb, but transmissions aren't exactly my forte :laugh:
Essentially I'd like to be able to cruise it at 40-50mph, as well as crawl like normal.
I don't want to be doing manual shifting, I'd like to use the AW4 as "normally" as possible.
Thoughts? Fixes? How to's?