Mate has a Ranger which even when not towing the tranny temp is high and while his driving style helps keep it down he wasn't happy with temps over 100c, he brought to my attention some things which certainly explain why a number of Ranger and BT50 autos fall over ...................... in a nutshell the box has a thermo switch which doesn't open until the box gets to 100c, no wonder they run hot, he's putting his in to get a cooler fitted and the thermo switch sorted out, be interesting to see how much better his Ranger is running when he drags his rig up here next month..
On reading up on the transmissions I can't see why they have such long oil change intervals other than a cost incentive, you sell vehicle after 5 yrs and the gearbox falls over on the new owner, easy...
https://www.colvoss.com.au/blog/201...s-valve-6r80-ranger-bt-50-transmission-cooler
On reading up on the transmissions I can't see why they have such long oil change intervals other than a cost incentive, you sell vehicle after 5 yrs and the gearbox falls over on the new owner, easy...
https://www.colvoss.com.au/blog/201...s-valve-6r80-ranger-bt-50-transmission-cooler