I friend of mine has a friend whom works for a ford place, and gave him a bunch of tranny coolers (almost perfect) from super duty trucks, some big some bigger!!! Anyhoo he gave me one of the smaller ones still pretty big (14"x 22") and when we where looking in the front end of my mark there was a very small cooler I'd never seen before installed in front of the radiator, it has a ford part# on the install mount, What is it? A very small tranny cooler? Could the 1st owner have had ford put that tiny thing in as a tranny cooler, it has lines hooked up to it, it's about 8"x 6" 0r 5"? Just wondering.
Tranny Cooler
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RE: Tranny Cooler
Is sounds like the air conditioning condensor to me.
John
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Is sounds like the air conditioning condensor to me.
John
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'97 Mark VIII LSC (Sold to SCcouper)
'96 T-Bird 4.6L
RE: Tranny Cooler
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Is sounds like the air conditioning condensor to me.John[link:www.goldengatemark8.com|Golden Gate Mark VIII Website]http://mark8.org/users/johnaec/Mark_VIII_s.jpg'97 Mark VIII LSC (Sold to SCcouper)'96 T-Bird 4.6L
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The AC condenser is much larger then what he described; it is the power steering cooler.
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Is sounds like the air conditioning condensor to me.John[link:www.goldengatemark8.com|Golden Gate Mark VIII Website]http://mark8.org/users/johnaec/Mark_VIII_s.jpg'97 Mark VIII LSC (Sold to SCcouper)'96 T-Bird 4.6L
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The AC condenser is much larger then what he described; it is the power steering cooler.
RE: Tranny Cooler
No I got a tranny cooler w/ 1000 miles on it from a ford super duty truck from a friend, while looking at the car to see where to put it I saw there was already a very small cooler mounted on the car w/ lines, etc. It had what I assume to be a ford part# on the mounting arm. I know (at least I think) they didn't come standard w/ tranny coolers. So it must be something else, unless the 1st owner had it installed later, but like I said it's kind of small to be a "good" tranny.
The cooler I got will have to be "fitted" erm snuggly, w/ a weld here and a cut there....
No I got a tranny cooler w/ 1000 miles on it from a ford super duty truck from a friend, while looking at the car to see where to put it I saw there was already a very small cooler mounted on the car w/ lines, etc. It had what I assume to be a ford part# on the mounting arm. I know (at least I think) they didn't come standard w/ tranny coolers. So it must be something else, unless the 1st owner had it installed later, but like I said it's kind of small to be a "good" tranny.
The cooler I got will have to be "fitted" erm snuggly, w/ a weld here and a cut there....
RE: Tranny Cooler
Make certain you flush that used cooler with a professional kit! See www.bulkpart.com
The Ford truck tranny coolers are a pretty good size and actually a pretty good price. You will need to most likely hang it from fabricated brackets in front of the AC condensor. Should do well.
Make certain you flush that used cooler with a professional kit! See www.bulkpart.com
The Ford truck tranny coolers are a pretty good size and actually a pretty good price. You will need to most likely hang it from fabricated brackets in front of the AC condensor. Should do well.
RE: Tranny Cooler
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]Having a cooler that is to big is not good because the fluid wont get up to the optimal temperature range.[/div]The answer to that is a thermal bypass valve.
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But that does not help the blocked air flow to the condenser and radiator if the cooler is too big as well.
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]Having a cooler that is to big is not good because the fluid wont get up to the optimal temperature range.[/div]The answer to that is a thermal bypass valve.
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But that does not help the blocked air flow to the condenser and radiator if the cooler is too big as well.
RE: Tranny Cooler
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong][div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]Having a cooler that is to big is not good because the fluid wont get up to the optimal temperature range.[/div]The answer to that is a thermal bypass valve.[/div]But that does not help the blocked air flow to the condenser and radiator if the cooler is too big as well.
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I plan to try and mount a big cooler across the bottom openings of the bumper cover. I may install blocks to space it off the bumper cover. I think there may be room. We'll see.
http://www.bulkpart.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000002/4739.jpg
Tru-Cool # LPD4739, 40,000 GVW rating, 45,000 BTU rating
8 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/4
www.bulkpart.com
I forget the FLM truck tranny cooler measurements, but it is very similarly sized and can be had from a dealer for about $75.
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong][div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]Having a cooler that is to big is not good because the fluid wont get up to the optimal temperature range.[/div]The answer to that is a thermal bypass valve.[/div]But that does not help the blocked air flow to the condenser and radiator if the cooler is too big as well.
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I plan to try and mount a big cooler across the bottom openings of the bumper cover. I may install blocks to space it off the bumper cover. I think there may be room. We'll see.
http://www.bulkpart.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000002/4739.jpg
Tru-Cool # LPD4739, 40,000 GVW rating, 45,000 BTU rating
8 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/4
www.bulkpart.com
I forget the FLM truck tranny cooler measurements, but it is very similarly sized and can be had from a dealer for about $75.
RE: Tranny Cooler
I will have to take a pic of the one i got from Lincoln, the install is nice with the brackets they have in the kit. I don't have a trans temp gauge hooked up so i can't say if bigger would be better or it keeps the temp in the sweet spot. I also use amsoil full synthetic that can run at a higher temp.
I will have to take a pic of the one i got from Lincoln, the install is nice with the brackets they have in the kit. I don't have a trans temp gauge hooked up so i can't say if bigger would be better or it keeps the temp in the sweet spot. I also use amsoil full synthetic that can run at a higher temp.