I am planning to convert my 65 Vert from a C4 to a 91 Mustang AOD this winter. I want to add a trans cooler but not sure where to put it. Does someone want to tell me where to stick it? 
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Falcon79
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Where the sun don't shine!!!! Haha!
Really though, in front of your radiator or on the side of your fender apron underneath the fluid bag/tank might work. Are you running hard lines or rubber?
Really though, in front of your radiator or on the side of your fender apron underneath the fluid bag/tank might work. Are you running hard lines or rubber?
The transmission people I talked with recommend running the fluid through the radiator before going to a cooler. The plan is to run the hard line to the radiator with a rubber line out of the radiator to the cooler and a hard line back to the AOD.
robert912005
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I agree... and defiantly in front of the radiator... that way when the air blows through your rad. then it will also go through you cooler.
Tim65GT
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what he has in mind i think will be the wrong shape. he will probably want something more, shall we say rounded for your suggestion.
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not really. but the best place for a trans cooler is going to be in the coolest air stream possible, he might have to hire the fonz
robert912005
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what he has in mind i think will be the wrong shape. he will probably want something more, shall we say rounded for your suggestion.
Or he could be like the guy from beerfest and be s***ing pancakes for weeks.
Boogie's AutoRama
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That will work fine.
But I've had mine running straight to the cooler for years with no issues.
My thinking was to get all the heat out of the radiator I could.
i might take issue with that routing. transmissions want consistent temperatures, not just cool temps. and a way to get that consistent temperature is to use an aftermarket cooler that is way over sized before the cooler in the radiator. that way you get a more consistent fluid temperature back to the trans of about 210 degrees. it also helps cool the engine a bit as well.
Rusty67
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Thermostatic valve on bypass to the tranny cooler when open... forget running it through the radiator =)
It is more complicated in some ways but I like this method best personally.
If not, run it to the cooler first then to the radiator.
It is more complicated in some ways but I like this method best personally.
If not, run it to the cooler first then to the radiator.
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Thanks for the suggestions! I have a B&M cooler and the tranny rebuilt. One more question... which fitting on the tranny is the output and which the return line?
http://www.transmissioncoolers.us/H7B.html this is my cooler if the B&M doesn't work for you. If the lines are the same as the TH400 leaves from the lower port and returns back into the trans on the top one.
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