Transmission cooler
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RE: Transmission cooler
I'm not sure how much pressure is through those lines but I used tranny hose which is high pressure hose. Hose clamps will hold the hoses to the cooler though. As far as your gauge goes, I don't have one of those so I really don't know where to tell you to put one.
My guess would be to put it somewhere after the cooler so that you know the temp. of the fluid that's going back through the tranny.
Yes, you can trim the lines down as much as you need.
Bobby, I used brass pipe fittings to block off the holes in the radiator. I forget what size they are but you can get them at a hardware store. Take the end of an old tranny line with you and tell them you need a pipe fitting that same size thread.
My guess would be to put it somewhere after the cooler so that you know the temp. of the fluid that's going back through the tranny.
Yes, you can trim the lines down as much as you need.
Bobby, I used brass pipe fittings to block off the holes in the radiator. I forget what size they are but you can get them at a hardware store. Take the end of an old tranny line with you and tell them you need a pipe fitting that same size thread.
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RE: Transmission cooler
I used the B&M racing model tranny oil cooler, it sells for about $80 or so and comes with 1/2" NPT female threaded connections.
I used some 1" x 1/8" aluminum flat bar to make two brackets to mount it on and installed the brackets with bolts in holes drilled in the upper and lower radiator support so the cooler sits out a couple of inches in front of the radiator. I then cut the factory tubing down where the lines are running flat going toward the radiator and installed tubing couplings on them and ran new hard lines from the couplings to the two connections on the cooler so there are no hoses used at all. you can get the necessary tubing and pipe fittings at most good hardware stores including the brass plugs necessary to plug the openings to the old cooler in the radiator.
as far as reading the tranny oil temperature, you want to know the temperature of the oil in the tranny oil pan, not the temp coming from the oil cooler. you can get a bulkhead fitting and drill a hole for it in the tranny pan and install the temperature sensor for a temp gauge in this fitting in the tranny oil pan which is what I did with mine. just make sure to pick a location on the pan where the probe won't hit anything when it is inserted into the oil pan.
I used some 1" x 1/8" aluminum flat bar to make two brackets to mount it on and installed the brackets with bolts in holes drilled in the upper and lower radiator support so the cooler sits out a couple of inches in front of the radiator. I then cut the factory tubing down where the lines are running flat going toward the radiator and installed tubing couplings on them and ran new hard lines from the couplings to the two connections on the cooler so there are no hoses used at all. you can get the necessary tubing and pipe fittings at most good hardware stores including the brass plugs necessary to plug the openings to the old cooler in the radiator.
as far as reading the tranny oil temperature, you want to know the temperature of the oil in the tranny oil pan, not the temp coming from the oil cooler. you can get a bulkhead fitting and drill a hole for it in the tranny pan and install the temperature sensor for a temp gauge in this fitting in the tranny oil pan which is what I did with mine. just make sure to pick a location on the pan where the probe won't hit anything when it is inserted into the oil pan.
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From: Mishawaka,Indiana
RE: Transmission cooler
ORIGINAL: luckythirteen13
which line is the sending line and which line is the recieving line? is the one that goes to the top of the radiator the sending?
which line is the sending line and which line is the recieving line? is the one that goes to the top of the radiator the sending?
