hey, i was reviewing some old posts trying to figure this out, and i see its a good idea, which i already assumed, were putting a automatic into dads a100 pickup, but it originally had a manual, so we are trying to figure out what sort of cooler would be adequate, 'shopped around' a bit today at the junkyard, and saw a few variations, and we wanted some input on what would be sufficient, we wont be towing that much, but want to be safe...
we found:
1. on a gmc midsize suv, a bit of tubing that was bent like in a radiator but bigger gaps between the pipes, and no fins, this went to rubber lines with normal hose clamps
2. power steering cooler from a bigger chebby truck this was one big inverted u shape tubing, with lots of horizontal fins, probably about 18inches long, and about 2.5" or so wide, think it had high pressure looking lines
3. transmission cooler from the same truck, a little bit bigger then the other, looked like your basic transmission cooler, a baby radiator of sorts, this definitely had high pressue style lines

so, first off, would we need high pressure lines? could we get by with cutting/flaring the lines on the cooler, and running rubber lines, like fuel lines or something? (and using hose clamps) do either of the first two sound workable? personally i liked the power steering one, because we could mount it on the long side, so it wouldnt hang down that much, but would it be sufficient? were trying to be as cheap as possible while still doing things mostly right, thanks!

Just go to Jegs and buy a Hyden tow trans cooler for about 50 bucks it comes with lines and instructions. Caint get more easy than that. Sometimes rednecks can answer a question. Yall hold my beer and where is that stick of dynimite yall watch this. Thanks Ron Parker









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were poor though

What if I just send you a new one in the box . Hayden model 1404 for heavy towing. Donate 20 dollars to Chuck at our web site and I will blast it to you. Hell you can not junk yard that for 20 dollars and this is new in the box. Thanks Ron Parker









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one of our friends in town said he might have one we can have, but if that doesnt work out might have to take you up on that, thanks ron!
ps i was drooling over the pics of your turbo and such gave me some more ideas for my dart when/if i ever have enough to turbo it...

I agree. Hayden coolers are dirt-simple and do a fine job, especially the parallel flow type called "RapidCool"

http://www.haydenauto.com/products/tran ... oolers.htm

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I don't know why these double posts happen, but this used to look just like the one below, until I edited it.
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The extra tranny cooler line is a very good thing. Back in 2000, the transmission was slipping so badly on my 90 K mile 94 Caravan, that my daughter called me from 150 miles away saying it would not run at all. I told her to let it cool down, and try to drive it on home which she did. I got another 40K miles out of that transmission after the tranny shop told me the tranny was shot, simply by changing the oil and adding a cooler. The lady I gave the car to has put another 20K on it, so keeping the oil cool really extends the life on them.

Back when my 360 DArt was backed by a 727, I had an extra tranny cooler on it, and the hose clamp holding the rubber hose to the original cut hard line slipped off, and spilled it's transmission oil all over the highway. After that, I flared the end of each hard line so the rubber line could not slip off again. Just a tip that might save you some embarassment, and aggravation, if you don't know about this anyway.
Sam

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