So I have an after market rad with out the tranny part of it on the bottom and an after market tranny cooler. Do I just run the hoses that went to the bottom of the rad to the tranny cooler?

 

yeap....

 

I was just wondering cause my other parts truck has a tranny cooler with the stock rad too confused me for a bit

 

the extra cooler is nice for constant towing .... but dang Dakota's do heat up much anyway so rad would keep it plenty cool :O

 

Never plug it through the rad if you can avoid it. My temps dropped waaay down after I put just a small cooler up front in place of the rad route. Also have the stock towing trans cooler setup running through it all too, every 10 degrees cooler is another year of life, or something like that.

 

I am eliminating the trams cool in the bottom of the rad and adding two strapped to the front

 

Yes, that's what you do.

 

Perfect! If my heater core goes well I'll put my rad in