CO BDR

[ChasingLowRange]

Got back about a week ago from doing the CO BDR. Roughly 5000 miles for the whole trip. Land Cruiser handled it like a champ.
Only 2 complaints I have are small fuel tank and the trans did overheat going up Corkscrew and had to pull off to let it cool down.

 

[overtrail887]

so cool. Any chance you could share your gpx file?

 

[ChasingLowRange]

so cool. Any chance you could share your gpx file?

Yeah, I dont mind. Its the official BDR route, but has spots we camped out or found on the route that we thought were good for coming back too. Each section was a day.

 

[Slingwing]

Got back about a week ago from doing the CO BDR. Roughly 5000 miles for the whole trip. Land Cruiser handled it like a champ.
Only 2 complaints I have are small fuel tank and the trans did overheat going up Corkscrew and had to pull off to let it cool down.


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Congrats on a great adventure. Ref the "trans overheating". A little lesson I learned in Moab on Fins & Things...steep climbs require high engine RPM & low speed, which turns the impeller in the torque converter [which is in the xsmn casing] at the same engine RPM. This xsmn fluid, which drives the transfer case to the axles, instantly converts this high RPM to thermal energy/heat...overheating the xsmn fluid. Solution is use 4L, lets the physical gears carry the load. Instead of 2300 RPM and crawling along up a steep incline, you work at a much lower RPM and gain a mechanical advantage. CAVEAT---my comments are rudimentary; there are some really qualified people on this forum who I hope will correct my mistakes. It is obvious I'm no expert, nor do I claim to be. I believe no one lives long enough to make all the mistakes, so we should learn from others.

 

[ChasingLowRange]

Congrats on a great adventure. Ref the "trans overheating". A little lesson I learned in Moab on Fins & Things...steep climbs require high engine RPM & low speed, which turns the impeller in the torque converter [which is in the xsmn casing] at the same engine RPM. This xsmn fluid, which drives the transfer case to the axles, instantly converts this high RPM to thermal energy/heat...overheating the xsmn fluid. Solution is use 4L, lets the physical gears carry the load. Instead of 2300 RPM and crawling along up a steep incline, you work at a much lower RPM and gain a mechanical advantage. CAVEAT---my comments are rudimentary; there are some really qualified people on this forum who I hope will correct my mistakes. It is obvious I'm no expert, nor do I claim to be. I believe no one lives long enough to make all the mistakes, so we should learn from others.

Thats the weird thing, I was in 4L most of the day that we did ophir, and part of the alpine loop. It crept up to overheating, car warned me and I stopped and let it cool. It didnt come up the rest of the day either though. Always stabilized about 3/4 of the way, on the temp bar. ( wish I was able to see the temp)

 

[Sergi]

there are people who put in place a new cooler system with the adaptation to solve problems on oil transmission temperature

 

[Mopper]

Thats the weird thing, I was in 4L most of the day that we did ophir, and part of the alpine loop. It crept up to overheating, car warned me and I stopped and let it cool. It didnt come up the rest of the day either though. Always stabilized about 3/4 of the way, on the temp bar. ( wish I was able to see the temp)

If you're up for the hassle, a good OBDII scanner and OBD app will let you see the temp. I have been using a Carista Evo and Car Scanner (respectively). Reviewing some screen captures, I see two items highlighted below-