Tranny cooler mod??

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Originally Posted by guruerror

I've read that the 'stock cooler' is 'integrated' into the radiator, I assume that means that the tranny fluid line simply runs internally, back and forth across the radiator. In a stock setup does the tranny fluid line enter the stock radiator on the driver's side and and exit on the passenger side, vice versa, or does it snake back and forth across the radiator and enter and exit on the same side?

It doesn't do either of those. It simply runs vertically in the passenger side header tank of the radiator. A picture is worth a 1000 words:


The cooler is really nothing more than a thin wall metal pipe. If a small hole erodes through the pipe, coolant and tranny fluid mix and good by tranny.

Originally Posted by guruerror

Once the cooler is mounted is it really as simple as just disconnecting the tranny fluid hoses from the stock radiator (cutting new lengths) and plugging them into the cooler?

Well, in a word "Yes", but just realize it's much easier said than done!