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'Nuther project completed

No pics this time, but in light of my recent rad follies and the fact that I built that utility trailer awhile ago I went ahead and installed a tranny cooler. My father had originally bought it for his Dodge Ram to tow a 24-ft trailer, but first he sold the trailer, then the Ram, so he gave it to me. It's a big , too - about 10" X 12". It's supposedly the biggest one made by the company, for "Extreme driving and/or towing up to 15,000 pounds". No fear of towing that much, but the bitch should keep my tranny cool while towing the ATV on the trailer...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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You got an aftermarket hitch right? I've got the factory on on mine and I want to ciut the  thing off! Makes the back end look kinda py.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Wow thunderchicken I just noticed your a post w!!!!    :flip:
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You got an aftermarket hitch right? I've got the factory on on mine and I want to cut the  thing off! Makes the back end look kinda py.
Yeah, I've got a Reese hidden hitch. When the draw bar is removed you can't even tell it's there.
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Wow thunderchicken I just noticed your a post w!!!!
You noticed :D I actually did that a few weeks ago when everyone was bragging about their post count. I had since forgotten and never changed it back. All I did was add "103" to the front of my actual post count, so it's really about 3100

*EDIT* there, fixed :hick:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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welcome to the club. i got one in also. where did you mount yours at.  and you taped into the right trans line rite .  i mounted mine off the condensor and on to the bumper cover to get the most air cooling while driving and throw it's own heat off and not soak up the condensor and rads heat.  no problems so far so. im still using the cooler on the trans to warm up the fluid for them cold days sneaking up on us
trick flow street heat intake , 24lbs injetors, ported GT-40's (Chip) long tube headers. and a Performance Automatic C4, with a hurst shifter!

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I got two coolers from the salvage yard the other day,one from a truck,and one from a cop car.I'll get one of them on today.I'm getting ready to go back out and pick some more parts.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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I mounted mine directly on the condenser, but with spacers that keep it about a half inch away. It's down low so it gets air directly from the air dam. I figure as long as it's getting air it isn't soaking up much heat from the condenser, and the thing is way oversized for the car anyway, so it doesn't really have to be 100% efficient.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Did you mount yours inline with the cooler in radiator, or did you bypass it completely ?

Since I removed my AC I also removed the condenser and my cooler is mounted in front of the radiator, inline with the stock one, I figured it can't hurt it any.

2003 Triumph Speed Four
1992 Dnepr MT-11 30rwhp "Gracie"

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would it make much sence if i said i wanted to put one of them on my t-5? i noticed after driving on the highway for about70 miles when i go to the s or something, the tranny gets kinda hot. i know its full of fluid, i change it every year or so just because im parinoid and have no way of checking to see if its full unless i drain it and fill it.

i was thinking of a line out from the bottom plug with a pump on it, then the cooler and a line in to the top plug.

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Manual trans cooler? Pretty good idea. But how would you get the oil to flow through the cooler? I thought that the pressure from the auto trans pump forces the fluid through the cooler and since ya have to put a pump on a manual trans wouldn't that create problems?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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I ran it inline with the factory cooler - if I hadn't just replaced the rad I'd likely have bypassed the stock cooler (for fear that it could someday rupture and fill the tranny with coolant), but since this one is new I think (fingers crossed) I'm safe. The fluid goes into the stock cooler first, then the aftermarket, then back to the tranny nice and cold :D

Nate: A manual tranny cooler couldn't hurt, but you'd probably want something a lot smaller since you wouldn't have near as much heat. Maybe a power steering cooler off a cop car or truck. The bigger problem you would have is finding a pump that could move gear oil - it's pretty ed thick stuff (assuming the T-5 uses gear oil). YOu'd probably be better off running a synthetic that can handle heat
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

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The "world class" (what ever in the hell that means) T-5's, both chev and ford use  ATF.  Or for incredibly smooth shifting you can buy the GM (shudders) syncromech fluid.  Which is way too expensive. 

The pump system on a stick shift is not a unique idea.  Many medium and heavy duty trucks use pumps and coolers on their manuel trannies.  One example of this is the new Ford superduty pickups ( F250 - F650) with the 6 speed handshaker.    The truck trans work similar to how you described, however I believe the pump an internal mechanical setup. 

As a side note, in very cold climates bypassing the stock cooler can burn up the clutches and bands in the trans (from lack of line pressure) when the weather is very cold.  In that cirspoogestance the warm coolant will heat the ATF as it cycles through the cooler.  ATF is like oil, it get very very thick at arctic temps.