I heard some guys talking about having a heavy duty alternator and a tranny cooler if their truck was equipped with a factory trailer hitch. I have a factory trailer hitch on mine i believe, but how can you tell if the alternator is heavy duty and where is the tranny cooler located at? thanks

1998 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Laramie
115,000 Miles
K&N air filter
Panasonic cd player
Pioneer speakers

 

tranny cooler would be located in front of radiator.

 

If it is the stock tranny cooler, it is often located to the side on the radiator on the driver side. In front of the radiator is usually the AC condensor. Aftermarket auxillary coolers are usually installed in front of that condensor, like mine (click the link in my sig for pics).

There is a lot of info already posted on trans coolers. Do a search and I bet you find some good stuff.

 

There would be a cooler between the radiator and A/C condenser. You would see one of the lines coming out off the side of the radiator and going to the front of the truck instead of both going back to the trans. There should also be a trans. temp.idiot lighton the dash to let you know if it gets overheated. On my model it was in the bottom of the heat & A/C control Switchs.

 

That is real nice looking truck Silver_Dodge. Do you drive the thing or does it just sit in the garage and you clean motor all the time.[sm=joke.gif]

 

Oh I drive it. I got some good pictures i'll be posting in a day or two from the little trip i'm on as we speak. Lets just say snow snow snow.

 

How many miles you have on your truck. Damn thats a nice Dodge.[sm=icon_cheers.gif]there isn't a jealous smiley on here......