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Sun, 07 March 2021 05:45   |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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My WAG is that it won't hurt anything -- nor help significantly. Seems to
me most of the debris in an automatic transmission is non-magnetic anyway.
Ken H.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 10:32 PM Mark Sawyer via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> So I'm in the middle of servicing my transmission while also redoing the
> plumbing on my transmission cooler lines, (moving from 5/16" lines to 3/8
> lines, and adding back in the factory cooler since I recently put in a new
> radiator) and I was toying with the idea of adding one of these Magnafine
> inline filters to the transmission line before it runs through the cooler:
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Magnefine-Magnetic-Inline-Transmission-Steering/dp/B0787KWZPS
>
> Considering doing so mainly because after servicing my transmission and
> looking at the stock filter, it seemed a little small compared with a
> standard
> TH400 filter. Also figured it would not be a bad idea to keep crud out of
> the coolers by filtering it while it's hot, pre-cooler.
>
> So what say you?
>
> 1. Good idea. The more filtration the better.
> 2. Bad idea... Too much restriction
> 3. Overkill... The stock filter is just fine
>
> I also already went ahead and stuck a pan magnet on the bottom of the
> transmission pan while I was in there... Our G8 with the 6L80 has 280K
> miles on
> the original transmission, and I figure if the General stuck a pan magnet
> in there from the factory, it was 5 bucks or whatever well spent to add one
> to the motorhome.
> --
> Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
> Manny 1 Ton Front End,
> Howell Injection,
> Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
> Fort Worth, TX
>
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