TR Custom Parts
Mark Hueffman - Owner
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- May 25, 2001
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Just thought I would post this to show my trans cooler with fan installation. I used the B&M 70297 SUPERCOOLER. This has a Spal fan installed on it. Made up my own brackets and mounted it on the passenger side under the battery. Got rid of the stock lines and ran teflon braided -6 hose to the trans. Ran it thru the frame rail as picture shows (still have to trim the hole so it doesn't rub. Then the hoses come out another hole in the frame as shown.
I had two lengths of 10 ft hose so had plenty of length so instead of coming right out of the frame and going to the trans I ended up running it back to the crossmember and then along the side of the trans. With the extra length it was easy to cut the hoses to the length I wanted under the car and then installed the fittings. Used 90 degree fitting on both ends of both hoses. Didn't use the factory fittings as TCI has fittings that go right into the trans and have -6 threads on it. The proper thread is 1/4" STRAIGHT pipe threads NOT the usual NPT threads. Using the NPT tapered threads MIGHT crack the case.
The brackets for the cooler, just made some up out of steel strap and bolted them to the front bumper and took two pointed bolts in the battery area and replaced them with longer regular bolts.
You can run the lines all the way thru the frame if you want to the front of the car but didn't want issues with them coming in contact with the coil spring. Where I ran them keeps them away from the springs. Look at your drivers side frame and you will see where the fuel line comes thru the frame, same deal. Was a bit of a bitch getting the lines thru, used an electricians fish line to get thru and then pulled the lines thru.
Trans mount is a HR poly mount and I do not use the stock cat hanger. Works fine with no rattles.
Trans is freshly rebuilt by BISON and running a 9.5" PTC non lockup converter. And yes, have a freshly painted dust shield to put back on after I fire it up for the first time.
I had two lengths of 10 ft hose so had plenty of length so instead of coming right out of the frame and going to the trans I ended up running it back to the crossmember and then along the side of the trans. With the extra length it was easy to cut the hoses to the length I wanted under the car and then installed the fittings. Used 90 degree fitting on both ends of both hoses. Didn't use the factory fittings as TCI has fittings that go right into the trans and have -6 threads on it. The proper thread is 1/4" STRAIGHT pipe threads NOT the usual NPT threads. Using the NPT tapered threads MIGHT crack the case.
The brackets for the cooler, just made some up out of steel strap and bolted them to the front bumper and took two pointed bolts in the battery area and replaced them with longer regular bolts.
You can run the lines all the way thru the frame if you want to the front of the car but didn't want issues with them coming in contact with the coil spring. Where I ran them keeps them away from the springs. Look at your drivers side frame and you will see where the fuel line comes thru the frame, same deal. Was a bit of a bitch getting the lines thru, used an electricians fish line to get thru and then pulled the lines thru.
Trans mount is a HR poly mount and I do not use the stock cat hanger. Works fine with no rattles.
Trans is freshly rebuilt by BISON and running a 9.5" PTC non lockup converter. And yes, have a freshly painted dust shield to put back on after I fire it up for the first time.