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Most of the aftermarket kits sold in places like Auto Zone have the hoses and fittings you need to install the cooler.
All you do is open the return line to the trans from the radiator and pipe the cooler in series.
It's an easy matter to use tubing cutters on the return line and hook the hoses to each end and tie wrap back into place.
The only more difficult thing is mounting the cooler.
In no way do I reccomend using the ties supplied with these kits to fasten through the radiator core. There is to much chance of vibration wearing a hole in a radiator tube.
I always custom make metal mountings then use rubber to take up vibration but that' s not a fast rule.
A way to tell which line is the return if you don't know, is to stall the trans when it is cold, for about 45 seconds, after starting a cool engine, then feeling which line is warmer.
The return will be the cooler of the two.
Make sure you put a very small flare on the ends of the tubing and slip the hoses on far enough that thay cannot blow off after the clamps ar tightened because there is still considerable pressure there especially in cold weather before everything get heated up.
Last edited by Bluegrass; 02-26-2005 at 02:08 AM.
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