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Old 08-17-2008, 07:22 PM
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a/t temp light coming on???

I was out wheelin, and the trail was a steep climb on a forest road for about 10 miles and the automatic tranny temp light came on. I just stopped and turned off my 4runner for a few minutes and it went off, but then it would come back on. Do 4runners over heat the transmissions easliy? I saw it has a cooler, but it looks like its for the transfer case? I changed the fluid and filter when I got home, but I have not been out wheelin this week yet. What can I do to keep the tranny cool???

BTW ordered coil spacers, bj spacers, panhard drop, and front diff drop from 4crawler.com Cant wait to install!!
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Install a external tranny cooler

And yes the cooler is for the xfer case
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and the auto trans share the fluid with the transfer case.

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Make sure you have proper axle gearing for your tire size and install an extra tranny cooler.

First thing to do would be to check/change your tranny fluid.
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I had the same problem on hills in N. Mississippi. I installed a Hayden tranny cooler and never had the problem again, going on 3 years now. It cost around $50-60 shipped.
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