Trans Cooler Upgrade Help
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Trans Cooler Upgrade Help
Purchased used 31 row trans cooler to replace the orig. in my 2000 PSD. Can anyone give me any directions, helpful hints, or moral support that have gone there before? As always appreciate the help.
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I did it a while back and got a lot of good info. Not really hard. Here is a link to my thread I started: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...good-deal.html
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Mountain Pass
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Thanks. Good link. I didn't realize there would be as much plumbing involved and maybe it will make more sense when I put an eye to it. I thought it would be a matter of unhooking the orig., replacing it with the larger and reattaching the orig. lines, with adapters. Too easy right?
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Here is the album of pics I made when I did mine:
6.0 I/C & Trans Cooler pictures from random pictures photos on webshots
Good luck! It's not that tough of a job, really.
6.0 I/C & Trans Cooler pictures from random pictures photos on webshots
Good luck! It's not that tough of a job, really.
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Thanks. Good link. I didn't realize there would be as much plumbing involved and maybe it will make more sense when I put an eye to it. I thought it would be a matter of unhooking the orig., replacing it with the larger and reattaching the orig. lines, with adapters. Too easy right?
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Thanks Shark. I wonder why the six foot of trans. line others are installing is ness. unless there wasn't any lines for a cooler to the front prior. I'll have to look.
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You will see.... You have to run it back to the left side of the engine. You may not need a 90 degree but still have to convert the line..
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i would get a barbed 90. i wish i had on when i did mine it makes for a nicer job when finished IMO.
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I've had the 6.0 cooler for a couple of years now. It mounts to the exact same locations as the stocker. Reworked my lines and such this spring (2 years after running the 6.0 cooler). I blew the a/c condensor fins out with compressed air when it was out of the way. Also made sure the trans cooler was blew out. Did away with approx. 4 feet of hose by going to the straight fittings and going around the outside of the core support. I noticed a 30 to 40 degree drop in temps after doing this. Here's some pics of mine:
Mounted originally
No more 90's and went around the bottom of the core support.
The supply line on the driver's side from the radiator to the cooler. Did the same thing as Joe. No the pitman arm is nowhere close to making contact. Just looks that way in the pic. Only a few inches of 3/8" used between the union and the hardline.
Return line from the cooler to the hard return line. Only about 4" of 3/8" line between union and hardline.
Mounted originally
No more 90's and went around the bottom of the core support.
The supply line on the driver's side from the radiator to the cooler. Did the same thing as Joe. No the pitman arm is nowhere close to making contact. Just looks that way in the pic. Only a few inches of 3/8" used between the union and the hardline.
Return line from the cooler to the hard return line. Only about 4" of 3/8" line between union and hardline.
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Here is the kit BTS made me.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35223180@N03/3494821621/" title="IMG_0085 by shady0667, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3494821621_43d3e7b7fb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_0085" /></a>
And here is the 6.0 vs. 7.3 coolers
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35223180@N03/3494821617/" title="IMG_0084 by shady0667, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3494821617_ab2225e93d.jpg" width="270" height="360" alt="IMG_0084" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35223180@N03/3494821621/" title="IMG_0085 by shady0667, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3494821621_43d3e7b7fb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_0085" /></a>
And here is the 6.0 vs. 7.3 coolers
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35223180@N03/3494821617/" title="IMG_0084 by shady0667, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3494821617_ab2225e93d.jpg" width="270" height="360" alt="IMG_0084" /></a>
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