Transmission tunnel heat....

[gaz8885]

Hi

I have changed to new rad from roughtrax and new flushed coolant (red from halfords) new thermostat , changed tranny fluid and added a haymen 1404 cooler(had this everwhere, before rad, after it and bypassed it) but still get hot transmission tunnel inside the car, i mean really warm, any one else get this or do i have a problem???

Any advise or ideas please as Im broke at the moment and hoping no problem with surf

Cheers for any answers/ideas

gaz

[BUSHWHACKER]

Are you sure it's transmission heat?
The exhaust runs close the the floor under the footrest.

[JUDWAK]

yes when my atf pump was going
or thats what i was told anyhow
i did not listen to em and i blow the gearbox after a few weeks of driving
it started to jump out of gear not long after i found it to be getting warm

anyhow something give way
and atf just fell out smoke everywere
it carryed on about 1 mile to home tho only just tho
it cost me 645 quid to sort the box out

a pump would have cost me a fraction of that

mines a 2.4 tho

hope yours is not going mate

i only know whats happend to mine
i have no idea about gearboxes at all

[gaz8885]

JUDWAK
Thanks for reply, I hope its not that but will try to investigate, any ideas how to test...... I have not had any gear sliping though

BUSHWHAKER
I thought about this but its on both sides of the transmission tunnel thats getting hot

[JUDWAK]

i had mine looked at by a auto gearbox guy
i just did not think at the time that there was an atf pump falt
so never had it done
the heat was getting hotter and hotter untill something gave way
atf leaked everywere had to top atf up every day
then it all droped out
i find the guys number if its any good to you
he is realy good worked on autos for about 30 years
i should have listened to what he said

[gwh200]

Tonyn gave the following advice sone time back regarding surf transmission tunnels and how hot they get.


Don't leave chocolate in the centre console.
they do get hot...it's just something, some of them do. A body lift, and removal of the rubber flaps adjacent to the inner wheel arches helped cool mine down. I also removed the fireproofing, underside of the bonnet.

And if you think a surf Gets hot, try a poxy hummer. The passenger floor is to hot to touch after an hour of running.

[dieselboy]

My tunnel gets hot too on a run. Halfway up the A12 the other day and some lipsyl had leaked all over the place. Was a right mess trying to sort it whilst moving.

Like GWH200 says, Dont leave chocolate anywhere near the centre box or under the stereo either, in my case!

Door cards and back seats have proved to be sound

[dieselboy]

And if you think a surf Gets hot, try a poxy hummer. The passenger floor is to hot to touch after an hour of running.

Aha, but do you have an Air conditioned glove box? I was thinking of doing something similar with the Surf (pipe dream )

[BUSHWHACKER]

So how come none of my trucks get hot tunnels??? (2.4 pre-bodylift)
Even the 3rd gen whilst towing!

[JUDWAK]

i never did understand that bonnet fireproofing?
i thought it was to keep the engine warm
i ripped it out and the rubbers along with the carpets
lots cooler

[puddlesurfer]

My 2.4's tunnel gets hot too, I always store any chocolate in my body to make sure it's safe

[dieselboy]

So how come none of my trucks get hot tunnels??? (2.4 pre-bodylift)
Even the 3rd gen whilst towing!

May be there is Richard Geres hamster trapped under there blowing the heat away?

[JUDWAK]

the truth in what i was told about the ATF pump in the gearbox
is there any truth in it?
the guy was not 100% sure but his guess was ATF pump on its way out
i was warned of the problems it can make if the pump packs in fully

after my gearbox blow and was taken to bit it was found
i have no idea about em this is what made mine do what it did

he said
what ever you have been doing in this surf its killed to box ages ago
you broke a splean the pokes out to tell the gearbox to go it reverse
did you still get reverse
i replyed yes i did

he said
well i dont know how
the splean had gone in to the pump and slowly tore it to shedds
the pumps not worked properly and that buggad the lot up
what every you did you shatted that splean
i not seen one in a state like it for a long time




like i said i know nothing about em
is there truth in that statment?
any of you hilux gods know?

[dieselboy]

I dunno George! What happened when it went?
Sometimes I've managed to press brake and accellerator at the same time in L. That can be fun.

[JUDWAK]

I dunno George! What happened when it went?
Sometimes I've managed to press brake and accellerator at the same time in L. That can be fun.

i flattly holed down my right foot
and flick it in to gear thats what feked it up

reverse span longer than d or 2nd
then it started to leak atf very slowly
please dont try it tho well its up to you like but its buggad my box up

or if you mean when it blow all together
it just droped all its atf out made a loud bang too
smoked out the main road i carryed on driving tho coz i wonted to get home
it made it home still smoking i did at one point think of bailing out coz it looked like it was going to burst in to flames
i live on a hill it was reving its nuts off but not going anywere when i went up hill
parked it up dove in the back jumped out with the powder fire exstigisher
thinking it was on fire
there was that mush smoke i could not see the surf or the house or any of the street were i had just drove down