Since I am about to hook up the lines on this Aspen on a new Firm Feel Box, I remember that the Gran Fury and Dippy cop cars had a small "u" cooler with fins near the K-member.

Does anybody run a power steering cooler, and if so what brand model?

When I transplanted the power steering from a 1978 Dodge Magnum into my 1972 B300 I kept the cooler from the Magnum. Unless one is road racing or autocrossing I wouldn't bother buying one. I'd just use synthetic ATF.

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Joshua

Back when I rebuilt the 83 D150 I added a U shaped power steering cooler, got it from a pull a part off a late 90's Dodge Ram truck, I think it was $5.00

I have the cop car style on my 'Cuda. Most newer cars that still use hydraulic steering have a cooler on them. I think they are worth the effort.

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1976 Feather Duster /6 4sp
1984 W100 318 727 np241
1972 'Cuda 340 4sp
1985 D250 360 46RH

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plumbed the cooler on the low pressure return side, the late '90's OE dodge Ram PS cooler was mounted up in front of the radiator, for the '83 I mounted it to the frame by the PS box,,

Looks like I will grab a U cooler since I am waiting for a little opening in the clouds to put the idler arm, tire rods, and centerlink in place anyway....


Thank guys!

If you don't mind cross-pollinating later Ford pick-ups have a really nice PS cooler on the lower-left front of their core support. I'm using one for a return fuel cooler on an off-road truck. I added tube nuts and cut then flared the aluminum tubing to -6AN.

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Thom

Cross-threaded is tighter than Lock-tite

Thanks for the reply, car runs fine without it so I never put one in....LOL

Interesting discussion. Why is a PS cooler needed? I know they exist, but I figured they were for heavy duty applications like racing, construction and police vehicles, etc.

Brian

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My guess is that they extend the p/s pump life for warranty reasons on late model cars.

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1976 Feather Duster /6 4sp
1984 W100 318 727 np241
1972 'Cuda 340 4sp
1985 D250 360 46RH

Pretty much everything off-road related runs one. High fluid temps hurt all of the seals in the whole system. Unless fitted with hydro-boost I'm not sure that a street car requires one, but it sure can't hurt.

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Thom

Cross-threaded is tighter than Lock-tite

My first justification was the extra heat input to the gearbox from the sometimes very close non shielded headers, which I elected to remain non shielded, and that's a topic for another thread.