I don't think it matters. It didn't appear to affect mine when I installed it. This tread brings up a question though. I did not by pass the radiator but as I think about it now I probably am defeating the purpose of the cooler. I ran the lines from the tranny to the cooler and from the cooler to the radiator then back to the tranny. My thought now is if I wanted to lower the temp in the tranny and I ran the lines from the cooler to the radiator didn't I just cancel out the effect of the cooler? Wouldn't it be best, if I want to use both, to go to the radiator first then the cooler then back to the tranny? Now that you made me think about it I think I have mine *** backward.
Just some info.. Read: Trans cooler. Posted on this site. About fourth one down by mrmopartech. He explains it. In the end, it's your choice though.
Thanks, 1969GTS. I haven't figured out how to do that thingy yet. LOL
Highlight the text or picture you want with the mouse, hold down the control key and hit C at the same time. To past you hold down control and hit V. Or you can highlight and right click your mouse and use the copy past options.
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Thanks, I'll try that next time.Highlight the text or picture you want with the mouse, hold down the control key and hit C at the same time. To past you hold down control and hit V. Or you can highlight and right click your mouse and use the copy past options.
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Man you do it the hard way. LOL
Other than control A to highlight everything how do you do it quicker? I'm always open to better short cuts lol.
I have to disagree with what's been written so far. In both my '72 FSM and my '99 Dakota FSM the directions call for the tranny fluid to go through the main cooler in the radiator tank first, then routed through the auxiliary cooler and back to the transmission.
My '88 cop car has a factory set up as described above.
That said, there are different sizes of coolers and if you have one of the larger ones it probably would cool ok. I'm just reporting on what the FSM's say and show.
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When I used to have Charger it had a automatic with a high stall. I bought a trans cooler... the instructions said to run it through the rad first then to the cooler. Now from my thinking the trans fluid is being cooled in the rad before it goes back to the trans not heated.... that's why cars with automatics run the transmisson fluid through the rad ... to cool it. I guess my thinking has always been wrong.
My thoughts on the radiator heating the tranny fluid - it wouldn't. Even in cold weather what do you do, start the car and drive off. How long will the car be running before the water in the block actually circulates to the radiator, probably a few miles down the road. If warming of the trans. fluid was critical, it doesn't seem like it would run and shift properly when you first took off.
My Dak FSM says if the trans. fluid is too cold, it won't shift up into overdrive unless the fluid is over 50*F.
Therefore, fluid too hot is bad and you would plumb to radiator and then cooler. Fluid too cold is -not- likely to be a concern unless you live in Alaska maybe. It seems that plumbing from the aux. cooler and back to the radiator is negating whatever you are trying to achieve, you cool it down and then warm it back up???
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All rebeldart wanted to know was if he could hook his cooler in/out fittings either way. Guess we screwed up his thread. LOL Sorry rebeldart.
Like the thread on coolers. My question is on an A-904 trans in a 65 Dart which line is the pressure (out) line and which is the return (in) line. I would think it would make a difference when plumbing an auxiliary cooler.