An observation. I serviced the trans during the compound swap and did find a closed style filter on the trans. I thought I installed one last time but could not remember. In any event the reason I bring this up is I noticed the transmission pan was quite clean unlike last time when I noticed alot more material in the trans pan. Last time I ran with a "wire" filter like I have installed this time.
I understand the idea of the wire filter is to prevent fluid starvation with the higher viscosity fluid. From my limited testing it would seem the wire kind, which is open and would allow fluid to run across the top of it, seems to not filter as well.
Am I the only one who's made this observation? It is also possible that conditions such as drag racing or more clutch materials on my packs resulted in more material in the pan than last time or the slightly increased cruise line pressure due to the break over TV Lever I made has resulted in less slippage/less material in pan. I talked to a buddy who runs Coan Converters and he was told the closed style works better because of the better filtration and there is no real advantage to the open wire style. This may not be the case with a thicker hydraulic fluid like I went to though so hard to say.
Thoughts or ideas?
