Cheaper to make maybe.....thats weird though....i feel special now that I have fins

 

'05 FX4 SuperCrew with fins....

(maybe it's a SuperCab / SuperCrew thing?)

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Mitch
'05 SuperCrew FX4, 18" tires, leather interior

 

HAHA yea well, we 05'ers can go 1/1000 of a mph faster because we have 8oz less metal on our trucks- so there!...screw the fins- they only catch rocks and slow ya down!
(i hope we 05'ers didnt get the shaft on that part- that 2/5" tube better radiate heat dang well!)

mitchman- possibly, however im thinkin that cofx4 is a supercab like me

 

went out to check mine, I have the fins on mine. 2005 FX4 SCAB, build date 12/09/04, Norfolk plant

 

interesting- ok mine is from dearborn, mi so you have an 05, built in 04 hey brushtree where were you built? or if anyone else wants to chime in that'd be cool too


thanks- jj

 

I have an 05 FX4 Reg Cab...with the cooler. Maybe it is an FX4 option now?

 

From all the differences, I'm beginning to wonder if it is more of what they happen to have in stock when they built our truck.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this.

'05 supercrew built in May, no fins here either. Oh well guess they figured that the extra surface area for heat transfer wasn't needed anymore. Sounds like a cost reduction step to me.

 

My FX4 was born at the Dearborn truck plant in 07/04 and it has a finned PS cooler.

 

IM not sure i will check, but where do i find this information at?

I cant find a sticker in the door jam with this info like i had on my 02...

Thanks,

 

the build location sticker was in the lower right corner of my front windshield unitl i removed it in your vin# are a series of numbers... mine is
1ftpx14555fb17907 (where: [555] is may 5th, 2005) this is the only way i know where it is..maybe someone else knows an easier way

seems pretty arbitrary to put in two entirely different ps components- one with fins one without- i still wonder what the justification is, or how effective each are- maybe the finless is a different metal- one that radiates heat faster and without the need for heat sinks? whatever, as long as my truck keeps running beautifully...

 

yea i wonder too.. My truck didnt come with a build plant sticker my dads king ranch has it though, i guess the dealer removed it?

 

Have a 05 XLT built in Dearborn, born 4/16/05, I have fins! but I actually thought it was the engine oil cooler DUH, guess I'll have to buy one of those now.


I'd take it to the dealer! Make it leak or something, maybe they'll replace it.

 

Mine has the finned power steering cooler, But no auxillery transmission cooler?

At least when my transmission gets fried I will have no trouble getting it onto the shoulder.

 

It does go through the radiator. with the trans fluid for cooling. If you don't have the tow package, I would expect you would not have the aux trans cooler.