Oh God...is my transmission on its way out?
#101
But isn't the newer coolers better designed or something? I know the cooler on my 76 is almost the size of the radiator....
So if I bought a new cooler, it would have to be run with two coolers? The factory and the aux?
So if I bought a new cooler, it would have to be run with two coolers? The factory and the aux?
#103
Run factory AND aux. Aux after factory.
For the ultimate in cooling, use a chambered cooler, not a tube type. The cheapest and easiest one to get is the auto trans aux cooler off of a 6.0L PSD, they are chambered and have 1/2" lines. Should be 2003.75-2007.25 model years.
For the ultimate in cooling, use a chambered cooler, not a tube type. The cheapest and easiest one to get is the auto trans aux cooler off of a 6.0L PSD, they are chambered and have 1/2" lines. Should be 2003.75-2007.25 model years.
#105
This is where I mention the thermostatic bypass valve..... So the trans warms up quicker, and doesn't over-cool.
#107
First things first...
If the trans doesn't slip and to you works normal, then you need to stop being such a giant vagina and quit worrying.
Add some Lucas Automatic Transmission treatment to help preserve clutch material & reinvigorate seals and maybe if you're feeling energetic install a bigger trans cooler, new filter & Schrader valve to check line pressure. Also +1 on the add a trans pan drain plug.
Craigslist is your friend, check it often, early bird gets the worm! I seen several transmissions going for $100 around me, for that price I wouldn't give a fk if it bought me only a year or two before needing to be replaced again.
If the trans doesn't slip and to you works normal, then you need to stop being such a giant vagina and quit worrying.
Add some Lucas Automatic Transmission treatment to help preserve clutch material & reinvigorate seals and maybe if you're feeling energetic install a bigger trans cooler, new filter & Schrader valve to check line pressure. Also +1 on the add a trans pan drain plug.
Craigslist is your friend, check it often, early bird gets the worm! I seen several transmissions going for $100 around me, for that price I wouldn't give a fk if it bought me only a year or two before needing to be replaced again.
#108
damn, i've been trying to stay out of this, but have to answer.
+1 stop worrying about the damn thing and just drive it.
but - do not put Lucas or anything else in it other than atf+4. read montec's thread about the effects of Lucas.
+1 stop worrying about the damn thing and just drive it.
but - do not put Lucas or anything else in it other than atf+4. read montec's thread about the effects of Lucas.
#110
I'm always a die hard put only ATF+4 in my mopars, so I guess that's another reason to stay that way!.
I used Lucas once in my Neon when I had a leaky trans cooler line & figured it was better than adding Dexron in...its all I had to use because the store was out of ATF+4 (typical!), so I threw it in. My only other experience with it was on my sisters Ford/International Shuttle Bus with a 7.3 Diesel with a C6 trans that was slipping, Lucas fixed the slipping on that, and that was 6 years ago and she's still going strong!.
In all my experience with cars, it really is better to beat the $hit out of something & expose its weakness than to limp around with it wondering whats going to blow out or wondering WHEN it is. I wouldn't pay over $2000 for any transmission unless it was for a diesel motor! or I was drag racing with a sponsor.