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thepartybus
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Jun 24, 2015

Excursion overheats&leaks tranny fl towing going 50,uphill

Hello. This is our first time out in our new travel trailer with new to us 2001 Excurion 7.3 diesel. Towing 2015 open range 310bhs 9500 lbs. We got 40 miles out of town to notice overheating issues, ...
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Swmpbgy1
Explorer
Jul 01, 2015
Mr_MrsSchlepprock250 wrote:
Bottom line is... You need a 6.0 transmission cooler. They bolt right up to the stock location, you just need some rubber line and a few fittings. The stock transmission cooler for the 7.3 equipped trucks is way too small.


I will ECHO this....I have the same truck as you.....same problem. Replaced the stock tranny cooler with the MUCH larger 6.0 cooler and all my transmission problems went away......remember, heat will kill the tranny in our excursions......Best of luck.

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