Tranny Cooler
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Tranny Cooler
I have a 01 SD..
Question.....When I was Checking My Truck Out Today , Rather hurriedly...
I noticed this Little Bitty Cooler in front of my Radiator......Is THIS ALL that cools the Tranny or does The fluid flo first thru the radiator ?
Secondly.......What After Market Cooler have you had the best luck with.....And Whats a Good Easy to hook up Transmission Temperature Gauge to Buy ?
Thanks Guy's ..............
Question.....When I was Checking My Truck Out Today , Rather hurriedly...
I noticed this Little Bitty Cooler in front of my Radiator......Is THIS ALL that cools the Tranny or does The fluid flo first thru the radiator ?
Secondly.......What After Market Cooler have you had the best luck with.....And Whats a Good Easy to hook up Transmission Temperature Gauge to Buy ?
Thanks Guy's ..............
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I have a 01 SD..
Question.....When I was Checking My Truck Out Today , Rather hurriedly...
I noticed this Little Bitty Cooler in front of my Radiator......Is THIS ALL that cools the Tranny or does The fluid flo first thru the radiator ?
Secondly.......What After Market Cooler have you had the best luck with.....And Whats a Good Easy to hook up Transmission Temperature Gauge to Buy ?
Thanks Guy's ..............
Question.....When I was Checking My Truck Out Today , Rather hurriedly...
I noticed this Little Bitty Cooler in front of my Radiator......Is THIS ALL that cools the Tranny or does The fluid flo first thru the radiator ?
Secondly.......What After Market Cooler have you had the best luck with.....And Whats a Good Easy to hook up Transmission Temperature Gauge to Buy ?
Thanks Guy's ..............
Most 7.3 guys tend to put in a 6.0 tranny cooler. Those are really stout. As to what gauge is the easiest, I think they are all "six in one and half a dozen in the other". I don't know if the 7.3s have a PID in their computer for TFT, I know the 6.0s do. You might be able to just hook up a digital OBDII monitor like the Edge Insight or the DashDAQ and get your TFT that way. If TFT is monitored by the truck's computer. I never did any of this with my old 7.3, so I don't know and my knowing now is rather moot, so I never did find out, sorry about that.
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Most 7.3 guys tend to put in a 6.0 tranny cooler. Those are really stout. As to what gauge is the easiest, I think they are all "six in one and half a dozen in the other". I don't know if the 7.3s have a PID in their computer for TFT, I know the 6.0s do. You might be able to just hook up a digital OBDII monitor like the Edge Insight or the DashDAQ and get your TFT that way. If TFT is monitored by the truck's computer. I never did any of this with my old 7.3, so I don't know and my knowing now is rather moot, so I never did find out, sorry about that.
I've used my ScanGauge to monitor transmission temps on my '08 F250(PSD/5R110), my '07 F150(5.4L/4R75E), an '06 F-250(PSD, 5R110) and a 2000 F250(V10/4R100).
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Are you sure you are not looking at the Power Steering fluid cooler? That is the tiny little guy....
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That's exactly what I was thinking. Sounds like the OP is talking about the PS cooler.
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Yeah, you have to carefully look between the condenser and the radiator for the factory cooler. YOu will find a thread where I swear there isn't one on my truck because I just couldn't see it.
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LOL, yep its rather well hiden. Easy way to find it is to follow the cooler lines from the passenger side of the tranny to the front of the truck.
