Mountain Towing
I am planning on taking an extended trip that will include time in Leadville, Colorado at 10,000 ft, and other western states. I am looking for advice from those who have done mountain and high altitu...
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CampingN.C. wrote:
Being it's a 1500 there's no trans temp gauge. I'd recommend a replacement pan with a temp port and an aftermarket gauge on the dash. You would also gain some extra fluid capacity. I believe they make them for the 4L60e that you should have. I might would even look into a larger cooler than the OE one. The "HD" one that's on there isn't much. I only say that because I had a 2500HD with the 6.0 and the stock cooler was tiny.
I would flush the coolant and replace rear end gear oil as well.
Save you $$$ on the CAI, just replace the OE filter.
This is well said IMHO. Lots of good advice in other posts as well. Change out ALL of your fluids front to back, give her a premium tune up, make sure that the running gear on the trailer is spot on and get a trans temp gauge in easy sight on the dash of your truck. Personally, I would save your $$$ on a CAI, to me they are all about marketing hype. The engineers that build these trucks are pretty clever at determining ideal air/fuel ratios. Put it a GOOD air filter and you should be able to suck in enough air to keep your fuel mix quite happy.
Cheers and enjoy your trip. Give us some updates if you can!
Mike
