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Johnny_Dearborn
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Aug 06, 2019

Transmission Overheated on my Ford E350 Chassis Shasta

This past weekend, I took a trip up to Mt Whitney with my 2001 Shasta E350 chassis. The road up starts at about 3,000 feet and tops out at 8,500 after just a few miles of road. The temps were about 90...
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time2roll
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Aug 17, 2019
I recommend swapping the fluid to Mobil 1 synthetic. Did the engine temperature gauge move? Possible the engine was running at the top of normal due to a worn fan clutch contributing to the transmission heat.

If you were in low gear the torque converter was not locked and was building a lot of heat. If you do this again let it idle in neutral 5 or 8 minutes at the top before you shut it off. OK to pull off half way up and let it idle and cool a bit.

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