I have a 96 F150 5.0 that I have towed campers and boats with in the past with no problem. I have just purchased a camper with a 3000lb GVW. If I am pulling anywhere other than hilly areas is a transmission cooler needed or can I get by without it? I am having the fluid flushed before I pick up the camper, so I need to install it at that time if needed.

 

are you sure you dont have a factory one already?
(pass side of the radiator in front)

if not then a aftermarket cooler is a good thing..
heat is a tranny's worst enemie

pretty simple to install and for piece of mind...

...zap!

 

You could have the heavy duty E4OD or the 4R70w, but either way why would you risk your single most expensive part on the truck? Get an extra cooler even if you have one already.

Adrianspeeder

 

Thanks for the info. Is the cooler a black box located on the passenger side below the battery?

 

That sounds like the charcoal canister for the vapor recovery system.
The aux trannie cooler would be on brackets in front of the radiator/ac condensor and look just like a small AC condensor. You may also have a power steering cooler. If you have only one little cooler, it is probably the PS cooler if you have 2, then you do have an aux trannie cooler. If only 1, verify that the lines are going to the PS unit.

 

i dont think so..

it looks like a mini radiator and is in front of the radiator..
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Thanks for the help. My transmission lines go into the radiator to a large section of fins at the top and bottom of the radiator below the cap. I only have the radiator condenser and the ac condenser. Would this form of cooling be sufficent for a trailer weight of 3000lbs? I have a 4R100 transmission per the code on the door jam.

 

Honestly, even though it is only 3k, it has a large frontal area, unlike a boat. Wind resistance is just as big a problem, if not larger than weight. Personally, I would get an aux cooler.

This is what the trannie cooler looks like on my 04.



This is the PS cooler