Tranny Cooler Install Pics?

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Anyone have any pics of their tranny coolers installed?

 

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Here is a bugs eye view of my B&M supercooler. Install was piece of cake.



http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/mmanns69/?action=view&current=DCP01664.jpg

 

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Thanks, is the pic upside down? Right now I'm mounting with the inlets and outlets facing the hood. Also which one is the inlet and outlet on the cooler, or does it matter?

 

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This is a pic I found.
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/techarticles/images/bmrad.JPG

The metal line is the one that goes to the transmission correct? You attach the hose to it and run it through to one of the inlets in the tranny cooler. Then where the metal line was connected to the radiator you put in one of the supplied fittings and run a hose from there to the other one correct? Does it matter which hose goes into which inlet on the tranny cooler?

Ideally the tranny cooler should be mounted on the drivers side then correct?

 

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red95gtconvert

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The pic is right side up, I installed mine with the lines facing down. I cut an 8" section out of the return line from the radiator (bottom line coming out of radiator) and ran a piece of hose to one end of the cooler and ran the other hose from the cooler to the other side of the cut section of the return line. The link below might help you out.

http://v6.redpony.org/howto/trannycooler/trancool11.jpg

 

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I dont have pics but mine is mounted sideways, with the ports facing the driver side of the car. I ran the lines around the driver's headlight pocket, so that seemed natural. I dont like to put bends in rubber hose so having the lines go straight into the cooler was nice. I used hardline where I could as well.

Having the cooler sideways also takes less space up front and allows me to tack the bottom of the cooler to the PS cooler line (to keep it from swaying).

Red - that link/jpg wasn't workin for me.

 

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red95gtconvert

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Nevermind, I fubared the link lol.

 

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Well the adapter that screws into the hard line is not deep enough. I guess I need to find a deeper one?

 

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94_302 said:

Well the adapter that screws into the hard line is not deep enough. I guess I need to find a deeper one?

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Depending upon what you're doing, you might end up removing the intermediate fitting and using it to connect to your new hose. The threads in that fitting and the radiator are NPT thread, whereas the threads on the lines themselves are not.

Good luck.

 

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What I'm talking about is it looks like a little sleeve with threads that fits over the hard line. It can't be removed but it can slide around on the line. That has about an inch or so of space that is not threaded and when I try to put the brass fitting on that space bottoms out and I can't thread it.

 

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Here is a pic of what I'm talking about, the space before the thread starts prevents me from threading in the fitting. This is the top return line:

 

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I'm sorry to say I ghetto-rigged the return line on mine when faced with the same problem. I slipped a hose over the flare and put a hose clamp immediately behind the flare to hold it.

It was supposed to be a temporary solution until I could get the AN lines and fittings that are sitting in my shop cut and made. Now almost a year later, the rubber lines are still there and have survived being daily driven and several track visits.

Wes

 

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HISSIN50

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94, that's what I was talkin about. You will have a hard time finding flare fittings that work. Remove the intermediate fitting (that is still in your radiator) and attach it to the hard line. The intermediate fitting uses pipe thread where it goes into the radiator. You can now connect NPT fittings from Lowes to this. And you can screw a barbed NPT fitting into the radiator.


Good luck.

 

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Thanks for all the advice I went to a machine shop to see if they had it or could make it and he recommended what he did on his Ford. Just slide the hose over the line and clamp it down. He said that should do it since it's a low pressure line.

 

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94_302 said:

Thanks for all the advice I went to a machine shop to see if they had it or could make it and he recommended what he did on his Ford. Just slide the hose over the line and clamp it down. He said that should do it since it's a low pressure line.

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That is how I have always done it and it works just fine.

 

Stanger007

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That's how mine is currently as well. While it has held up, I think it looks a bit tacky and plan to redo it some time soon. If you do decide to go that route, be sure to check it periodically for leaks.

Wes