- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
(note: I may decide to make kits to install this mod and sell them. If I do, I will most assuredly become a sponsor, and there will be a sizable discount)
After my transmission overheated without a single warning light on my instrument cluster, or even really showing a temp increase, I came up with the idea for this modification - a few extra sensors on the transmission fluid cooler lines and a small module that installs on the back of the gauge cluster that allows the OEM temperature gauge to display the temperature of the transmission, instead of just the coolant temperature. It would have a button similar in look/feel to the odometer button and 4 indicator LEDs under the temp gauge - "engine", "transmission in", "transmission out", and "auto cycle". In each mode the gauge cluster would display the temperature read from the corresponding sensor, while in auto cycle mode it would cycle through all three sensors every few seconds, allowing hands free operation.
Anyone else want something like this? I'll be prototyping one for myself, if there is enough interest I may become a sponsor and sell them. Parts cost would likely run around $40 to $50 (electrical components $10, plumbing/sensor install kit $20, custom PCB $10-20 depending on how many I order), member cost would be approximately $50 to $60, and I haven't decided full non member price, probably in the $100-150 range.
I'm really trying to gauge interest here - I'm finishing the design and building one for myself regardless, but I want to figure out how many people would be interested so I can decide whether it will be economical to become a sponsor and sell the kit, or if that would be a money losing proposition.
After my transmission overheated without a single warning light on my instrument cluster, or even really showing a temp increase, I came up with the idea for this modification - a few extra sensors on the transmission fluid cooler lines and a small module that installs on the back of the gauge cluster that allows the OEM temperature gauge to display the temperature of the transmission, instead of just the coolant temperature. It would have a button similar in look/feel to the odometer button and 4 indicator LEDs under the temp gauge - "engine", "transmission in", "transmission out", and "auto cycle". In each mode the gauge cluster would display the temperature read from the corresponding sensor, while in auto cycle mode it would cycle through all three sensors every few seconds, allowing hands free operation.
Anyone else want something like this? I'll be prototyping one for myself, if there is enough interest I may become a sponsor and sell them. Parts cost would likely run around $40 to $50 (electrical components $10, plumbing/sensor install kit $20, custom PCB $10-20 depending on how many I order), member cost would be approximately $50 to $60, and I haven't decided full non member price, probably in the $100-150 range.
I'm really trying to gauge interest here - I'm finishing the design and building one for myself regardless, but I want to figure out how many people would be interested so I can decide whether it will be economical to become a sponsor and sell the kit, or if that would be a money losing proposition.