Thread: Transmission Cooler - Heat Sink Type Do these work?

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Must say not a fan of the fined alum tube, most of them seem to live out of any air flow, yes the fins dissipate some heat however they will lack in function without airflow. The poster says he has no room on the front side, so here is another mount option he might consider, this locates the cooler behind the radiator and plumbs into the radiators cooler.

Originally Posted by IC2

Mike - add a $15-$20 temp sender matching your gauges from Egauges to your trans oil pan and a SPDT switch and you can use your water temp gauge to monitor the ATF temperature with a flick of the finger.

Dave, thanks for the tip!

Pugsy, if you have the need to use 2 coolers, this cooler from Bob Drake might fill the need and be easier to plumb.

Mike

[QUOTE=IC2;447103]Pugsy - A question to Don Jr - have you had any problems with that starter solenoid exposed like that. One of my winter projects is to clean up the trunk and that's one of my considerations along with maybe moving the battery underneath if I can find enough clear space.

In case Don doesn't see this I'll answer. No, he hasn't had any issues with it mounted there. I have the one on my 27 in the same place and it has been on there for over 20 years. In fact, when I freshened up the car last year I reused the same solenoid I put on it originally, it was still in good shape. From what I could see rain water never seemed to splash up in that area as there was dry dust on everything right there.

Don

I agree Don, my point was that they are not as efficient as a normal matrix type, as you rightly have said the in rad type are poor.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Some guys just loop the line, Steve, not sure how those work, but the double pass types shown are way better than the ones that go into the radiator tank. On the one in my 23 I could put my hand on it after running and it was just slightly warm.

Don

Gary its virtualy impossible to overcool an automatic trans. I nearly always run a trans temp gauge as auto trans cost to rebuild, thats how i know the matrix type are more efficeint.

Originally Posted by 1gary

All to often we add a cooler never installing a trans temp gauge still driving blind to what is going on.

Originally Posted by Mike52

Dave, thanks for the tip!

Pugsy, if you have the need to use 2 coolers, this cooler from Bob Drake might fill the need and be easier to plumb.

Mike

Two of the 18" units just might do the trick. That gives 6' of cooler.
Thanks.

I'm odd man out.The plate style coolers are more likely to clog than the tube style and that is a proven fact on all of our tow vehicles traveling over 20yrs as a vendor to sell at swap meets.

Hey, Sorry I missed this.
I would think the traditional cooler is more efficient than these cylinder types. I do not have a temp gauge on my trans on the t but would like to install one to see how this cooler is doing.

No problems at all with my starter solenoid mounted on the frame as pops said. Sorry I missed that question. Don Jr.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

If I were running a drag car this is the kind I would install, as they tend to really get hot from hi stall convertors and hard usage.

Don

I have babied my Tranny from day one, in the summer the Rad boiled over (from the tranny)...I have since installed a cooler infront of the rad, and still looped into the rads cooler lines...temps are still 195, that is babying the vehicle, as soon as I get rough with her, she gets hot....fast...
I want to bypass the Rad all together and get, what I see in your post, and fan driven cooler that is mountable anywhere, I have been so programmed to thinking that things have to be the way they were engineered, i.e., factory... You guys have beautiful vehicles, and have great ideas and improvising techniques...really gets me thinking...also I like the SPDT Switch, but I would incorporate another Gauge, and install the Sending Unit into a manifold, at the OUT-PUT of the Tranny Cooler Line and one at the IN-PUT and switch back and forth, or just use both guages to monitor how effective the cooling is...
I love this fan though... where do you buy them? or what brand is that one?

Here are a few to see

B&M 70297 - B&M Hi-Tek SuperCoolers with Fans - Overview - SummitRacing.com

Amazon.com: Derale 13750 Atomic-Cool Remote Cooler: Automotive

Amazon.com: Flex-a-lite 4190 Remote 6-Pass Transmission Oil Cooler - 16,000 GVW: Automotive

If your looking for a Fan assisted cooler Spal do fans from 4" diameter up, also you will find small fans on most motorcycles/mopeds etc
Also 12V Computer fans are used a lot as they consume very little power.

This is the setup on my 32 roadster, inside the scoop there are 2 x 5" PC fans on a 5" x 14" matrix which are switched on when the trans reaches 180F, i've not seen it go over 180F yet.

Originally Posted by SmokeShow01

I have babied my Tranny from day one, in the summer the Rad boiled over (from the tranny)...I have since installed a cooler infront of the rad, and still looped into the rads cooler lines...temps are still 195, that is babying the vehicle, as soon as I get rough with her, she gets hot....fast...
I want to bypass the Rad all together and get, what I see in your post, and fan driven cooler that is mountable anywhere, I have been so programmed to thinking that things have to be the way they were engineered, i.e., factory... You guys have beautiful vehicles, and have great ideas and improvising techniques...really gets me thinking...also I like the SPDT Switch, but I would incorporate another Gauge, and install the Sending Unit into a manifold, at the OUT-PUT of the Tranny Cooler Line and one at the IN-PUT and switch back and forth, or just use both guages to monitor how effective the cooling is...
I love this fan though... where do you buy them? or what brand is that one?

nice thinking, resourceful is another word, PC fans would work very well and are easy to find.