Steering Cooler

[Ugly1]

the oil cooler AC Delco from a big Chevy SUV, the steering from a large KIA SUV and the transmission is the generic cooler sold online. I'm planning on switching that one for a GM trans cooler when I find the right size. It takes me time to find a vehicle that isn't destroyed in the front at the local pick n pull. The lines are 3/8 so no problem mating. GM has some nice trans coolers too but they were all beyond recognition. Some are just a long winding hardline that passes in front of the radiator. What I do is google oem coolers and find an image of what i think could work and then hunt for one at the yard and see if its good for what I had in mind. The KIA one was just a lucky find since i wasn't looking for anything from a KIA.

Look at the ones on dodge trucks as well for the trans coolers

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Police package cars are another good source for coolers. A big concrn with used junkyard coolers is you don't know what they may be contaminated with and are highly difficult to flush out.

 

[abbey castro]

Police package cars are another good source for coolers. A big concrn with used junkyard coolers is you don't know what they may be contaminated with and are highly difficult to flush out.

Many are a single tube design. I use brake cleaner to flush them until the flow is clear. They don't hold that much fluid. Police Package option 9C1 in 08 had a combined unit of trans and steering. Crown Vics have good aux coolers too. In my area lots of stuff is harder to find. S10 front spindles, F Body rear disk hardware, 8.5s and any G80 setup are picked clean. Last I noticed that aux coolers are difficult to find. would you believe 30amp relays with harnesses, LS motors, those do not exist

 

[abbey castro]

well, you can always drive over to Snyder's WAP in Holland but they pull all the engines/transmissions there so the front end is usually gone. and the WAP down the road from you had that big fire a couple months ago so....🤷‍♂️
and then there's the Hwy 190 yard south of Killeen

Yeh the pick n pull where the fire happened is down from me about 4 miles. I go to just wonder around and see what I can get to put on my car. They are pretty cheap. Normally I get a bag of bolts for free, GM bolt head markings is a very important thing for some (like me).

 

[RegalX78]

I am not sure of your setup, but a normal Saginaw GM pump produces about 1200PSI. The pressure hose will need to have crimped hydraulic style fittings, hose clamps will not work.

 

[abbey castro]

I am not sure of your setup, but a normal Saginaw GM pump produces about 1200PSI. The pressure hose will need to have crimped hydraulic style fittings, hose clamps will not work.

As I stated "return line".