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tim21391 · 03-24-2009, 11:22 PM

do they even reproduce this i cant even find anything

Longhorn Man · 03-24-2009, 11:36 PM

its inside your radiator. You can get the cooler seperately, but a new 4 row rad can be had for like 150 at auto zone, and a cooler alone with the labor to install it would be close to that, and you'd have an old rad still.

tim21391 · 03-25-2009, 01:26 PM

i only need the oil cooler.. radiator is fine... cant find any sites that sells these.. i got a new radiator support and dont wanna put a leaky cooler back on

Tx Firefighter · 03-25-2009, 01:49 PM

Andy is saying that your trans cooler is inside the radiator. To replace it, the radiator has to be unsoldered and disassembled. He's saying it is likely cheaper to get a new radiator, which will come with new cooler inside of it.

If you have a cooler mounted externally from the radiator, it is an add on from an aftermarket source. In that case, Summit has literally hundreds to choose from depending on size and hose fitting configuration you want.

ChevLoRay · 03-25-2009, 02:43 PM

...or you could just go to virtually any automotive supply house and buy a transmission cooler. Transdapt made the one that I am using. I just mounted it on the front side of my A/C condensor, which is in front of my 4-row core radiator. No, it hasn't overheated. I recommend it.

Tx Firefighter · 03-25-2009, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ChevLoRay

...or you could just go to virtually any automotive supply house and buy a transmission cooler. Transdapt made the one that I am using. I just mounted it on the front side of my A/C condensor, which is in front of my 4-row core radiator. No, it hasn't overheated. I recommend it.

I've gotten several really high quality ones off of junked police cars at the local salvage yard. Just kick the grille out of it and there is usually a nice fat cooler ripe for the pluckin.

**El Jay** · 03-25-2009, 03:15 PM

Here's a store bought aftermarket that was installed after the 4 speed was taken out & a TH350 was installed.
And, as Chevloray said, available just about anywheres.

shooterpcb · 03-25-2009, 06:25 PM

are these external coolers plumbed to the radiator at all? or are they stand alone coolers with only the lines to the auto trans? Thanks

tim21391 · 03-25-2009, 06:40 PM

i mean like i have a thing mounted in front of my radiator that is on the passenger side.. its prolly like 10 inches long by like3-4 inches wide.. what is that?

**El Jay** · 03-25-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by shooterpcb

are these external coolers plumbed to the radiator at all? or are they stand alone coolers with only the lines to the auto trans? Thanks

Mine is a stand alone because the original radiator had no cooler in it.
I have seen, in one instance, where the guy decided to pull a trailer (with his car) and came out of the cooler in the radiator & then plumbed to an external cooler & then back to the transmission.
I don't know if it really helped or not. I just happened to be in a shop where the car was being worked on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tim21391

i mean like i have a thing mounted in front of my radiator that is on the passenger side.. its prolly like 10 inches long by like3-4 inches wide.. what is that?

Is it plumbed to something? What?

big_al_71 · 03-25-2009, 10:02 PM

I have a four row aluminum radiator without a cooler so we installed a B&M cooler on the core support. So far so good in the hot humid florida climate..

tim21391 · 03-25-2009, 11:44 PM

ya it goes to the tranny because when i took it off i had tranny fluid come out...look between my passenger side blinker and my front license plate.... that would be the thing im looking for.........

and here is a better view

tim21391 · 03-25-2009, 11:45 PM

its bent and leaking so i dont want trans fluid getting on my freshly redone new radiator support..

**leddzepp** · 03-26-2009, 12:03 AM

An auxiliary cooler should always be run in conjunction with the heat exchanger (cooler in the radiator). The heat exchanger works best because water dissipates heat better than air. This was told to me by a design engineer for GM.

tim21391 · 03-26-2009, 07:06 PM

oh ic..anybody know where to find a new one of these in my pics?

Sinister · 03-26-2009, 07:15 PM

Try Summit or Jegs.

**El Jay** · 03-26-2009, 07:19 PM

NAPA, CarQuest

ChevLoRay · 03-26-2009, 07:55 PM

O'Reilly's, Advance, AutoZone......Y3

tim21391 · 03-26-2009, 11:25 PM

i checked into the ones at autozone and its a little different but i guess ill make it work i just didnt wanna make new mounts but oh well its life haha thanks guys

03-24-2009, 11:22 PM	#1
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Transmission oil cooler do they even reproduce this i cant even find anything __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

03-24-2009, 11:36 PM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Transmission oil cooler its inside your radiator. You can get the cooler seperately, but a new 4 row rad can be had for like 150 at auto zone, and a cooler alone with the labor to install it would be close to that, and you'd have an old rad still.

03-25-2009, 01:26 PM	#3
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: Transmission oil cooler i only need the oil cooler.. radiator is fine... cant find any sites that sells these.. i got a new radiator support and dont wanna put a leaky cooler back on __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

03-25-2009, 01:49 PM	#4
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	Re: Transmission oil cooler Andy is saying that your trans cooler is inside the radiator. To replace it, the radiator has to be unsoldered and disassembled. He's saying it is likely cheaper to get a new radiator, which will come with new cooler inside of it. If you have a cooler mounted externally from the radiator, it is an add on from an aftermarket source. In that case, Summit has literally hundreds to choose from depending on size and hose fitting configuration you want. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

03-25-2009, 02:43 PM	#5
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: Transmission oil cooler ...or you could just go to virtually any automotive supply house and buy a transmission cooler. Transdapt made the one that I am using. I just mounted it on the front side of my A/C condensor, which is in front of my 4-row core radiator. No, it hasn't overheated. I recommend it. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

03-25-2009, 03:15 PM	#7
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Transmission oil cooler Here's a store bought aftermarket that was installed after the 4 speed was taken out & a TH350 was installed. And, as Chevloray said, available just about anywheres. Attached Images __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck Last edited by El Jay; 03-25-2009 at 03:16 PM.

03-25-2009, 06:25 PM	#8
shooterpcb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: alabama Posts: 72	Re: Transmission oil cooler are these external coolers plumbed to the radiator at all? or are they stand alone coolers with only the lines to the auto trans? Thanks __________________ 1968 C-10 2wd, short bed fleetside, 355 Chevy, TH350, 12 bolt pegleg, '81 Camaro cowl induction on hood(I don't like it, previous owner did it), 10" wide 15"wheels.

03-25-2009, 06:40 PM	#9
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: Transmission oil cooler i mean like i have a thing mounted in front of my radiator that is on the passenger side.. its prolly like 10 inches long by like3-4 inches wide.. what is that? __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

03-25-2009, 10:02 PM	#11
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: Transmission oil cooler I have a four row aluminum radiator without a cooler so we installed a B&M cooler on the core support. So far so good in the hot humid florida climate.. Attached Images __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

03-25-2009, 11:44 PM	#12
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: Transmission oil cooler ya it goes to the tranny because when i took it off i had tranny fluid come out...look between my passenger side blinker and my front license plate.... that would be the thing im looking for......... and here is a better view __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

03-25-2009, 11:45 PM	#13
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: Transmission oil cooler its bent and leaking so i dont want trans fluid getting on my freshly redone new radiator support.. __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

03-26-2009, 12:03 AM	#14
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,036	Re: Transmission oil cooler An auxiliary cooler should always be run in conjunction with the heat exchanger (cooler in the radiator). The heat exchanger works best because water dissipates heat better than air. This was told to me by a design engineer for GM.

03-26-2009, 07:06 PM	#15
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: Transmission oil cooler oh ic..anybody know where to find a new one of these in my pics? __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

03-26-2009, 07:15 PM	#16
Sinister Between Trucks... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA. Posts: 3,830	Re: Transmission oil cooler Try Summit or Jegs. __________________ Beat it to fit, Paint it to match...

03-26-2009, 07:19 PM	#17
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Transmission oil cooler NAPA, CarQuest __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck



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03-26-2009, 07:55 PM	#18
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: Transmission oil cooler O'Reilly's, Advance, AutoZone......Y3 __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

03-26-2009, 11:25 PM	#19
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: Transmission oil cooler i checked into the ones at autozone and its a little different but i guess ill make it work i just didnt wanna make new mounts but oh well its life haha thanks guys __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

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