I have been using my e250 as a to vehicle for my track car and am planning on getting a travel trailer, so I decided I should upgrade the trans cooler. I got one from a 6.0L from Rock Auto and put it in today. It was a tight fit, but it ended up working. First I pulled off the grill etc and test fit it:

Then I decided I needed more room to work so I removed this along with the bottom piece of sheet metal:

Them fabbed up a couple of brackets from flat stock since it wasn't quite wide enough. Test fit:

After the test fit I hooked up the hoses and bolted it in:

Added one of these to prevent over cooling, especially in the winter time:

While the grill was out I figured I would give this stuff a try:

Making some nice progress on it:

Got it ready to put back in:

Getting it all put back together:

And the final result:


With the size of it I did have to do a little trimming of the bottom sheet metal piece and cut a couple of lower mounting tabs off the grill. If there is any rattling I may have to add a couple of alternate mounting points. But over all it is mounted solidly. The whole van rocks when I shake the cooler. My only concern is that it may reduce the airflow through the radiator, but only time will tell.

 

Nice work, looks good!