OK, well my water pump failed and I'm in the middle of replacing it. Then I thought to myself, will all this stuff removed it's a good time to install the transmission cooler.
I have never installed one before myself (but I have seen some pretty 'redneckish' installs). So I have read a few articles and watched a few videos, and it looks pretty simple.
So here's what i have:
-TH350 (2400 stall) with stock lines going into a stock type rad cooler.
-a cooler (that will finally get payed for in the next few weeks lol) that's about 12" X 8" or 10" (not to sure, it's out in the car and I'm to lazy to go get it lol). The cooler looks something like this with these type of hose connectors:
-a mount kit like this:
First off I'm still debating weather or not to run the rad cooler with it. Originally I was, because I planned to drive this car next winter. And -30 isn't uncommon here. But now I don't think it will see anymore snow, so I might bypass the stock one.
I plan to use that mount kit and put it in front of the rad. But I have a question first. When that idiot ripped my a/c out, he left the condenser in front of the rad. Can I simply just remove this, or is it keeping the rad in place in any way?
Now the important part, how to connect the hoses. The way I've seen it done in the past, was just to cut off the end of the transmission line, and clamp some rubber hose to connect to the cooler. First off I don't want any metal getting in the lines, and second I'm trying to cut as little as possible on this car. So cutting the lines is not part of my plan. I was wondering if theres a fitting I can just put on the end of the line that will have something like a barbed hose end on the other side? Kind of like a female version of the brass fitting seen in this pic:
(note: if I use the rad cooler, I was thinking one of these fitting for the rad too?)
Next question, what size and type of hose do I need for this? I don't want to use the wrong kind.
So what do you all think? Any extra tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
I have never installed one before myself (but I have seen some pretty 'redneckish' installs). So I have read a few articles and watched a few videos, and it looks pretty simple.
So here's what i have:
-TH350 (2400 stall) with stock lines going into a stock type rad cooler.
-a cooler (that will finally get payed for in the next few weeks lol) that's about 12" X 8" or 10" (not to sure, it's out in the car and I'm to lazy to go get it lol). The cooler looks something like this with these type of hose connectors:
-a mount kit like this:
First off I'm still debating weather or not to run the rad cooler with it. Originally I was, because I planned to drive this car next winter. And -30 isn't uncommon here. But now I don't think it will see anymore snow, so I might bypass the stock one.
I plan to use that mount kit and put it in front of the rad. But I have a question first. When that idiot ripped my a/c out, he left the condenser in front of the rad. Can I simply just remove this, or is it keeping the rad in place in any way?
Now the important part, how to connect the hoses. The way I've seen it done in the past, was just to cut off the end of the transmission line, and clamp some rubber hose to connect to the cooler. First off I don't want any metal getting in the lines, and second I'm trying to cut as little as possible on this car. So cutting the lines is not part of my plan. I was wondering if theres a fitting I can just put on the end of the line that will have something like a barbed hose end on the other side? Kind of like a female version of the brass fitting seen in this pic:
(note: if I use the rad cooler, I was thinking one of these fitting for the rad too?)
Next question, what size and type of hose do I need for this? I don't want to use the wrong kind.
So what do you all think? Any extra tips or suggestions would be appreciated.