Quick 6.0 Tranny Cooler Question
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Quick 6.0 Tranny Cooler Question
I'm doing the 6.0 tranny cooler in the morning and I was wondering if there is an in and out side to the cooler? And, do the inlet and outlet face up or down? Is there a writeup with pics somwhere? I haven't found any.
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The outlets face down. I just did the swap a couple of days ago. I used the kit from BTS, which made it a very simple install.
I used this link to give some good pics of the finished product, originally posted by PowerstrokeJunkie.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563946370IVElzb
I highly reccomend the kit from Brian, but either way I think these pics will help you out.
Bob
I used this link to give some good pics of the finished product, originally posted by PowerstrokeJunkie.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563946370IVElzb
I highly reccomend the kit from Brian, but either way I think these pics will help you out.
Bob
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The outlets face down. I just did the swap a couple of days ago. I used the kit from BTS, which made it a very simple install.
I used this link to give some good pics of the finished product, originally posted by PowerstrokeJunkie.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563946370IVElzb
I highly reccomend the kit from Brian, but either way I think these pics will help you out.
Bob
I used this link to give some good pics of the finished product, originally posted by PowerstrokeJunkie.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563946370IVElzb
I highly reccomend the kit from Brian, but either way I think these pics will help you out.
Bob
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Check out this user's gallery, Bob Barry, there is a pic in there of the kit.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&albumid=35311
I did get one more part that isnt in his picture, best represented here:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...91838520vNjEtE
It is the hard line on the drivers side that goes from the tranny cooler to the radiator. If you look under your truck right now, there will be one hard line that runs almost the width of the radiator. This part replaces that line. It is very difficult to explain on here, but if you get under there and look around it will be more apparent. Also, once you start taking things apart it is easier to see how the whole system works. Now, without that replacement line from the BTS kit, I think you can use hoses to plumb it the same way it is currently set up. But again, the kit from BTS made it so much easier for me. I am willing to help in any way I can, but without the kit I may not be able to do much.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&albumid=35311
I did get one more part that isnt in his picture, best represented here:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...91838520vNjEtE
It is the hard line on the drivers side that goes from the tranny cooler to the radiator. If you look under your truck right now, there will be one hard line that runs almost the width of the radiator. This part replaces that line. It is very difficult to explain on here, but if you get under there and look around it will be more apparent. Also, once you start taking things apart it is easier to see how the whole system works. Now, without that replacement line from the BTS kit, I think you can use hoses to plumb it the same way it is currently set up. But again, the kit from BTS made it so much easier for me. I am willing to help in any way I can, but without the kit I may not be able to do much.
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Check out this user's gallery, Bob Barry, there is a pic in there of the kit.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&albumid=35311
I did get one more part that isnt in his picture, best represented here:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...91838520vNjEtE
It is the hard line on the drivers side that goes from the tranny cooler to the radiator. If you look under your truck right now, there will be one hard line that runs almost the width of the radiator. This part replaces that line. It is very difficult to explain on here, but if you get under there and look around it will be more apparent. Also, once you start taking things apart it is easier to see how the whole system works. Now, without that replacement line from the BTS kit, I think you can use hoses to plumb it the same way it is currently set up. But again, the kit from BTS made it so much easier for me. I am willing to help in any way I can, but without the kit I may not be able to do much.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&albumid=35311
I did get one more part that isnt in his picture, best represented here:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...91838520vNjEtE
It is the hard line on the drivers side that goes from the tranny cooler to the radiator. If you look under your truck right now, there will be one hard line that runs almost the width of the radiator. This part replaces that line. It is very difficult to explain on here, but if you get under there and look around it will be more apparent. Also, once you start taking things apart it is easier to see how the whole system works. Now, without that replacement line from the BTS kit, I think you can use hoses to plumb it the same way it is currently set up. But again, the kit from BTS made it so much easier for me. I am willing to help in any way I can, but without the kit I may not be able to do much.
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I have to claim a bit of ignorance, but with the way the 6.0 cooler is plumbed, it seems to me that the fluid goes from the tranny, to the tranny cooler, to the radiator, then back to the tranny. But in all honesty it could be the complete reverse of that. I'm not sure which direction the fluid flows.
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Have you noticed that the existing cooler has both of its outlets on the passenger side? What the part that I got from Brian does, is eliminates the hard line coming from the drivers side of the radiator to a flexible hose which was on the passenger side of the original cooler.
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Hey Rhett, do you have a a tranny cooler in your radiator? Mine is a 99.5, and I did not have a cooler built into the radiator; I just had a small auxilary cooler which I completely bypassed (even towing my temps never go over 140 degrees). I used rubber hose double clamped on the steel tubing to an adapter (3/8? to 1/2 to get to the same size tubing the cooler uses) then to the cooler. I don't think direction matters, but I think I decide to go in the left side and out the right.
I hope it works well for you.
I hope it works well for you.
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Yes I have the cooler in the radiator. That was upgraded by the guy I bought the truck from. Don't laugh but right now oil comes out of the tranny and goes to the radiator cooler, then to the OEM cooler, then to a Tru-cool cooler that is about 12"X12", then back to the tranny. So now I plan on going to the radiator cooler then to the 6.0 cooler then back.
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Well, I think your current setup proves that it doesn't really matter what order the fluid goes into the coolers, HAHA, although that routing does make sense to me. Let me know if I can be of any more assistance.
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The order DOES matter. One way is right, and the other way won't cool as efficiently.
The line from the front of the trans is the outlet. It goes to the radiator cooler. The radiator cooler feeds the air to oil cooler, then it returns to the rear of the trans.
If you want the trans to cool, route it like that.
The line from the front of the trans is the outlet. It goes to the radiator cooler. The radiator cooler feeds the air to oil cooler, then it returns to the rear of the trans.
If you want the trans to cool, route it like that.
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The order DOES matter. One way is right, and the other way won't cool as efficiently.
The line from the front of the trans is the outlet. It goes to the radiator cooler. The radiator cooler feeds the air to oil cooler, then it returns to the rear of the trans.
If you want the trans to cool, route it like that.
The line from the front of the trans is the outlet. It goes to the radiator cooler. The radiator cooler feeds the air to oil cooler, then it returns to the rear of the trans.
If you want the trans to cool, route it like that.
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It's all DONE!!! 6.0 tranny cooler is in thanks to Howard (Sparkplugless) for the cooler, Mark (Mark Kovalsky) for the info on which line was which, and Robert (Robert6401) for the link to the pics. Way easier than I had anticipated, only 3 1/2 hours start to finish. Thanks again boyz!!! FTE ROCKS