ok so ever since ive swapped the t56 in ive been getting alot of heat from it in my console and in turn its heating up my cd deck. and im getting worried about it. what can i do to keep the heat from coming in or lessen the impact on the stereo. ive put the shifter boot back.

 

CD decks can get pretty warm in their own right, are you sure it isn't the deck more than the transmission?

Best of luck,
Mark.

 

no the trans puts off alot of heat and i never had this problem before the swap. like the shifter stick gets hot and so does my ebrake. so yep

 

I'd say figure out exactly where its coming from. get a trans cooler if you dont already have one, itll also help prolong the life on the trans. And make sure theres plenty of trans fluid and all that good stuff. I dont think it should get that hot where the shifter is actually hot. Might wanna ask some of the guys over on the trans board too.

 

Mine get's really hot also.. I even put in the heavy rubber boot over the shifter and it still get's hot. I've never had any problems with the HU and its been a few years so I wouldnt worry about that, but I do hate having the heat on in the summer

 

yea the trans cooler is gone.....umm...my t5 never had one....so yea... its filled with redline synthetic so at 10bux a quart i think its good. but yea! its like havin the damn heater on! LOL you guys know any good insolators or anything i could use around the boot or under the deck?

 

Mine gets hot too. I think it's normal.

 

yea well whether its normal or not, doesnt fix how its making my deck get really really hot but i was wondering if others had a hot t56

 

maybe put down some dynamat sound insulation around the tranny area under your console. i would think it insulates heat/cold also...

 

My stock shifter on my T5 gets hot too midway down. But the top end at the **** never gets too bad. I think the hollow stock shifter dissipates heat better than a solid shifter.

And doesn't the T56 have a bigger case? If so I think less air gap between transmission and sheetmetal would cause more heat to radiate into the floor.

 

that would be it probably i have a short shifter(solid). hmmm dynamat...thats some expensive stuff but ill look into it. thanx

 

or even that insulation they sell at hardware stores that looks like dynamat might work. i dont know, its silver.