how would you run trans cooler lines?
#1
how would you run trans cooler lines?
fill port is an option but the drain plug is low and I think a fitting could get knocked off. I see another plug of some sort but I saw a thread that said if you take such and such off the case needs to be split to reset something. I have no idea what this really means but it made me hesitant to mess with it.
someone suggested using the power steering pump for the trans cooler. that could be interesting option if the fluid is compatible
someone suggested using the power steering pump for the trans cooler. that could be interesting option if the fluid is compatible
#2
You might have to tap the bell housing somewhere low. I would get a small electric pump. Using the PS would require a lot of extra hose.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TIL-40-524/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TIL-40-524/
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If so, you would just need a simple thermostatic switch to turn an electric pump on and off. If temps are high, pump is on and circulating oil through cooler. If temps are low, pump is off and it is like you have no cooler at all.
Edit: Fooger beat me.
#11
Then I realized that the most likely scenario was that you probably didn't put the adjective "manual" there to suggest that those were the only types of transmissions you don't understand, but rather you simply felt it was the right word choice given the subject of discussion here on this thread, which made this post about your choice of the use of the adjective "manual" completely irrelevant, meaning that hitting the "submit" button a few pixels below my text, as I'm about to do here in a few brief seconds, might constitute a very light form of trolling, and you'll never get back the 20 seconds you wasted reading this post.
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Manual transmissions are a little hard to visualize, but not particularly complex.
Automatic transmissions, on the other hand, are filled with unicorns and rainbows and cannot be understood by mere mortals.
Automatic transmissions, on the other hand, are filled with unicorns and rainbows and cannot be understood by mere mortals.
#14
the would not really need to be that long and the pump is already in place so though the lines would cost a bit, you only need 2 and can have them made pretty cheap. at this point I'm not trying to spend 200 bucks on a pump unless their is a good reason.
where would you tap the bell housing? I think it would need to be on the trans housing would would require removal. I'm going to check the drain and fill plugs, if they are side mounted this job should be pretty simple.
do we have any reason to believe the trans fluid will cause a problem for the PS pump? I really have no idea. some cars require PS fluid, vag uses "special" mineral oil. so guess someone needs to just try it.
so assuming this cooler works, I would need to find a new future home for a temp probe to feed a gauge. pointless to do all this work and not know how much it lowers the temp
where would you tap the bell housing? I think it would need to be on the trans housing would would require removal. I'm going to check the drain and fill plugs, if they are side mounted this job should be pretty simple.
do we have any reason to believe the trans fluid will cause a problem for the PS pump? I really have no idea. some cars require PS fluid, vag uses "special" mineral oil. so guess someone needs to just try it.
so assuming this cooler works, I would need to find a new future home for a temp probe to feed a gauge. pointless to do all this work and not know how much it lowers the temp
#15
The more I think about it the more this makes sense.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TIL-40-524/?rtype=10
Constant speed pump and designed for the application.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TIL-40-524/?rtype=10
Constant speed pump and designed for the application.
Last edited by k24madness; 06-07-2012 at 10:22 AM.