Hey that is a really nice truck! It looks like the truck swallowed the engine with no problem.

I would put the sensor in the pan, since that is the temp the tranny will see when the pumps picks up the oil. The Dodges put the temp sensor in the tranny line to the cooler. That would take some fabrication though.

Does the MB engine pull the truck ok, that thing looks heavy.

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