Installed a real AT temp gauge just a few hundy KMs ago. Real eye opener. It takes longer to get up to temp than I'd imagined plus it runs warmer than I'd thought and we've been enjoying mild ambient temperatures here in the ol' PNW.
It's a '93 HZJ77 with the late electronic A440F. Have an intercooler and the huge-headed Warn 8274 winch blocking all that crucial ram air space. No real usable room between the IC and A/C condenser. The ATM OEM radiator is long gone so no trans cooler option there. The PO has an undersized cooler behind the valance. Hoped to just run a longer cooler there in the 4" x 23" x 3/4" size. Tru Cool used to have one in the perfect size. Part number LPD4920 is ideal! Add the thermal bypass and done, son! Yeah.... Yeah...No! It's not available anywhere I can find. Even stooped to seeing if Alibaba had a knock-off today.
Have the rigs front end apart for other work currently. Good time to deal with this too.
Has anyone found a trans cooler that fits in that lower valance (stone tray) area? It won't get great airflow but bigger is better than what I have now.
Looking into remote coolers with fans as well. Potentially a mounting spot along the inside frame rail on the LHS. The ATM hard trans lines are already long AF. I'd either have to double back with soft cooler lines and add maybe another 5-6' of line in each direction.
Is that kind of line length pushing the limit on what the transmission can pump? See 80 series peoples have run cooler with fans back to the spare tire cubby hole.
OR abandon the hard lines and route soft lines from both unions over the top of the transmission to the LHS. Shorter run for sure, but not sure if I can get the hard lines moved enough out of the way? Plus find an adapter that goes from whatever that union thread is to whatever the remote trans cooler wants. Ugh.
Anyone been here? Other options?
Know sleepydad did that awesome front OEM bumper mod. I'm all ARB'd up there tho.
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It's a '93 HZJ77 with the late electronic A440F. Have an intercooler and the huge-headed Warn 8274 winch blocking all that crucial ram air space. No real usable room between the IC and A/C condenser. The ATM OEM radiator is long gone so no trans cooler option there. The PO has an undersized cooler behind the valance. Hoped to just run a longer cooler there in the 4" x 23" x 3/4" size. Tru Cool used to have one in the perfect size. Part number LPD4920 is ideal! Add the thermal bypass and done, son! Yeah.... Yeah...No! It's not available anywhere I can find. Even stooped to seeing if Alibaba had a knock-off today.
Have the rigs front end apart for other work currently. Good time to deal with this too.
Has anyone found a trans cooler that fits in that lower valance (stone tray) area? It won't get great airflow but bigger is better than what I have now.
Looking into remote coolers with fans as well. Potentially a mounting spot along the inside frame rail on the LHS. The ATM hard trans lines are already long AF. I'd either have to double back with soft cooler lines and add maybe another 5-6' of line in each direction.
Is that kind of line length pushing the limit on what the transmission can pump? See 80 series peoples have run cooler with fans back to the spare tire cubby hole.
OR abandon the hard lines and route soft lines from both unions over the top of the transmission to the LHS. Shorter run for sure, but not sure if I can get the hard lines moved enough out of the way? Plus find an adapter that goes from whatever that union thread is to whatever the remote trans cooler wants. Ugh.
Anyone been here? Other options?
Know sleepydad did that awesome front OEM bumper mod. I'm all ARB'd up there tho.
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