I just got my radiator replaced. As I have said before I have a manual transmission in my bronco. But the radiator they sold me has the fittings for a transmission cooler inside it. They just left the caps on the fittings. Should I put up a stink about this being a auto trans radiator? I'm not sure if the one with the tranny cooler costs more? (I left the bill at home but I think they listed the radiator at about $250) Or maybe the transmission cooler adds restiction on the coolant flow?

I already have to bring the bronco back to them because they failed to fix a pready major coolant leak somewhere else. Am I just being ****? Or where they wrong to sell me that part?

 

I don't see anything **** about it. Its your Bronco and they need to fix it right. I know if that was my Bronco I would be giving them a little hell.

 

...I had a manual radiator once...what a pain in the butt, I had to keep getting out and moving the water around in it...



But seriously, I think there is only one radiator and that you just keep the plugs on the cooler lines if you have a manual transmission. Especially for aftermarket radiators. I could be wrong, if I am someone please correct me.

 

I have been running a radiator with automatic transmission fittings on my '83 Bronco and have had no problems. It runs as cool as ever and I don't even have a fan shroud, but it is the larger style radiator. I don't think the auto. trans. cooler should make any difference, though.

 

Try to find an aftermarket radiator without the cooler. My truck has one, with a manual, my girlfriends car has one, with a manual. Most of my friends trucks have them, with manuals.

Jared

 

Thanks for the responces. I guess I was just put off because they never asked if I minded an auto-tranny-radiator. So when I saw they had used one I felt like they were tring to pull one over on me.

 

It won't hurt anything to have that cooler in there - it keeps the costs down by producing only 1 radiator for both applications. I've thought about plumbing it for a warm shower on the trail...