I converted my stock transmission cooler into a power steering cooler keeping the cooler in the stock location (and stacking the mountain passes off road transmission cooler "on top." I have no way of verifying or measuring temps. I just assume that "something is better than nothing."
here's the view of the 2 cooler sandwiched on top of each other, but there's no physical contact.
this is the driver side power steering rubber line that resides right under the bumper cover (OEM replacement parts number 4440635021). it was more fresh than the one on the passenger side. this was removed to route the lines to the cooler itself. I routed the lines such that the flow path went from the top of the cooler to the bottom of the cooler.
this was the cracked passenger side rubber line (OEM replacement parts number 4441735011). since the driver side line was more fresh, I reinstalled it over here.
to minimize mess, I clamped the hoses before I removed them and reinserted a hose immediately, that was also clamped.
just a final picture for context, this is the line that leads from the passenger side front rubber line, to a metal line that goes deeper into the engine compartment and leads to this hose which ends up in the reservoir.
the reservoir was changed at the same time. notes on the reservoir swap would include, USE A FUNNEL. it seems like there's ample room to angle the bottle and pour, but there isn't so just use a funnel. pour very slowly. I cannibalized the rubber isolators from mine for future projects.
for flushing the power steering fluid out, I just used the passenger side front rubber line, disconnected it and slipped a larger internal diameter hose over it to route the fluid down into a drain pan.
do remember to jack the car up and manually bleed by turning the wheel lock to lock while adding dexron 3 transmission fluid to the reservoir. my fluid was extremely burnt, so I ended up bleeding everything out.
here's the view of the 2 cooler sandwiched on top of each other, but there's no physical contact.
this is the driver side power steering rubber line that resides right under the bumper cover (OEM replacement parts number 4440635021). it was more fresh than the one on the passenger side. this was removed to route the lines to the cooler itself. I routed the lines such that the flow path went from the top of the cooler to the bottom of the cooler.
this was the cracked passenger side rubber line (OEM replacement parts number 4441735011). since the driver side line was more fresh, I reinstalled it over here.
to minimize mess, I clamped the hoses before I removed them and reinserted a hose immediately, that was also clamped.
just a final picture for context, this is the line that leads from the passenger side front rubber line, to a metal line that goes deeper into the engine compartment and leads to this hose which ends up in the reservoir.
the reservoir was changed at the same time. notes on the reservoir swap would include, USE A FUNNEL. it seems like there's ample room to angle the bottle and pour, but there isn't so just use a funnel. pour very slowly. I cannibalized the rubber isolators from mine for future projects.
for flushing the power steering fluid out, I just used the passenger side front rubber line, disconnected it and slipped a larger internal diameter hose over it to route the fluid down into a drain pan.
do remember to jack the car up and manually bleed by turning the wheel lock to lock while adding dexron 3 transmission fluid to the reservoir. my fluid was extremely burnt, so I ended up bleeding everything out.
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