WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOUR 3RD GEN TUNDRA TODAY?

Looks awesome! That would def be the route I go when it’s time to level her up.

 

Love it. So stealthy. I love that my 25 doesn’t have the active spoiler or shutters. There is so much space for activities behind the bumper/grill.

Forgive my ignorance on the benefit. Obviously it’s to have/maintain cooler trans temps, but are you guys having overheating issues?

 

210 just daily driving. No thanks

 

Oh wow ok. What’s the ideal range? I am about to go through 120 degree summers here in Las Vegas. I guess I should watch my JB4 app more often.

 

It'll stay in that range as mine. I see 110 or so where I'm at in SoCal and visit family in Yuma and Imperial, CA where they see 120 as well. It'll get in the 220s and stay there even when empty. I'm shooting for 180-190 readings.

 

Is that the screen from the JB4 app? Thats pretty cool.

 

I just looked at my door jamb and it says L4A0F. The operating range is 175-225 degrees. After that, components may degrade. I’m definitely curious now. Did you guys figure out plumbing on your own or are there kits with the right length of hoses already? Do they have -AN fittings?

I DIY’d my oil cooler on my GT-R and hope the plumbing is similar to it. Basically put it inline the system right? Making PTFE -AN oil cooler lines was fun.

 

Not to hijack, what year GT-R u have?

 

1995 R33 GT-R VSPEC

I am checking out the 2022 Supplemental Trans Cooler thread now. I would def like to get one installed before the summer hits.

 

It is

Pretty much plumb it in line on the return line back to the trans

 

Did you do -AN hose fittings?

 

Nope...saw no need/advantage on such a short run and low psi line.

 

Appreciate the info!

 

Mines got the billstein 4100 or whatever they are

 

Yup.
Although I’m going to bypass for now the radiator cooler. This will be the single one only. I have a thermostatic bypass that’s going inline as well.

if I need to upgrade to a larger size I now have the provisions for it.

 

Got a stall mat for my bed and test fitted my $70 bed tent!

 

Do you have a write up on this?

 

Hope it works for you. Seeing 208° with rain and 55° ambient temp is not for me. Picked up some trans fluid hose I liked better than what I got before. 400psi Gates hose has thicker wall that was appealing. Will slap it on as soon as it stops raining.

 

This is certainly not the most exciting mod on this thread but it sure made things easier for me. I had to lower the spare on my Platinum and getting the hook lined up with the shaft to make that work required way too much time and ay too many swear words. So I made this mod.

I will admit freely that I stole this idea from the Tacoma forum and used it on my Tacoma before I upgraded to my Tundra. ( and my brother in law, a Chevy guy, says that they have a tube built in to their truck) but I made a modification that makes it really easy to raise and lower the spare.
I took an 14 inch section of a 2 inch PVC pipe (my Home Depot sells them in two foot sections), cut a notch on one end that is one inch long and 1/2 inch deep, and rounded off the corners of the notch so it fits over the shaft where the hook is supposed to fit in and rests easily in the curve of the bracket that supports the shaft.. I secured it to the crossmember with two zip ties and drilled a couple small holes in the rail that supports the shaft and used a small zip tie to keep the tube aligned with the shaft. The hook slides in the “bumper” slot and is directed into the slot. It might align better if a made a little notch where the tube rests on the crossmember, but I’m thinking I’m not going to need it often enough to make it worthwhile to take it apart to make that change.

 

Nothing in particular.

Aluminum angle and some flat bar aluminum.
Literally eyeballed the positions.
The nice thing is the two center most supports for the bumper that connect to the core support are perfectly positioned to hold this thing.

 

same size cooler or different?
What was the BTU rejection for yours.

 

@eddiefromcali this is what I went with.
https://derale.com/product-footer/51906-detail

 

More sizing info.

https://www.jegs.com/tech-articles/how-to-choose-the-correct-size-transmission-cooler/

 

I havent plumbed my cooler yet, but I went with a Trucool 40k. I have it ready to go, was just waiting on the cooler hose. Got some today but its been raining all day.

 

I have a pair of these...a smidge too big for the Gates hose I'm using.

 

Yeah, I ordered the

$23 Derale 13016 Transmission/Engine Oil Hose , Black

Derale 13016 hose which had thicker walls like the OE lines. Stupid expensive per foot, but I only used a few inches to transition from the braided AN lines and magnafine filter to the OE hard lines.