Rob-That would work, of course, but the real issue we set out to address was the low hanging PS cooler that looks like it should get smashed by a big rock. With the cooler moved where it is now, it is much safer.
Going forward, I am going to bend up new 3/8 hard lines and just use short sections of flex hose to make the connections. I think it is even possible to use factory threaded holes to fit the hard lines to the frame.
Thanks Andrew, but I forgot to mention that I did a 2" front hitch on mine behind my bullbar and under the winch, which as a bonus protect the stock cooler.
I don't want to overtax my cooling system blocking some air flow to the radiator.
I noticed there is a diferent aproach between the USA spec and our third world version:
USA specs use a smaller core radiator and the transmission cooler is outside and in front of the radiator.
Ours have a deeper core, and transmision cooler is inside the radiator lower tank. Manual has the same radiator but without the lower tank transmission cooler.
I guess Toyota's decision to market this aproach in the USA spec could be based in the very common practice of towing. U-Haul is an example, you always are either moving or towing a boat or a cargo trailer. As I recall 80's Land Cruisers were always very expensive against it's american counterparts and first owners in 1992 didn't care about the low overhanging of the hitch option, no 2" lift, not oversized tires because they were drived the same as the Range Rovers: as luxury 4 wheel drive vehicles for the ranch owner or for the same Volvo minded driver on pack snow roads. A 40's series owner could not be compared with a 80's series owner. But this cruisers were inherited by the owners sons or ended years later in the used market were the new owners started the great mods we see and enjoy now.
Third world country 80's rarely town with the exception of the aussies so we don't overtax our automatic transmission requiring extracooling. They were purchased since day one to be in deep mud, remote deserts etc.
Because we are down the equator line, our all year around temp is quite higher (okay forgive me you Texas and New Mexico people) so we practically live with the air condition on and ours don't have the sunroof but got the console cooler (only on the luxury trim as mine)and in some markets there is even a rear air cond option. That demand a lot from our condenser and cooling system and that's why this rear air cond / console cooler model (not mine unfortunately)came with the electrical push fan.
That's why I don't want to add such a larger power steering cooler as Alvaro did, so there is some compromising situation and I need to choose between either not getting enough cooling inside the vehicle, driving my rear seated passengers nuts or damaging the power steering pump because the oil overheat after increased tire size
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