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slam33 · 09-06-2002, 08:42 PM

That was the question. I'm getting ready to do the stick to auto conversion. I have a big cooler on the shelf that I have fitted to the rad support and figured I would just run 3/8 hard lines all the way up and back, might as well do it right. Well just to check things out I pulled the plugs on the radiator since lots of stock one have the tranny cooler just blocked off. Gee geuss what I found. First there 5/16 line, yuk, give me some volume. Then they begane to weep, then drip. Guess the best way to go is straight to a cooler, I hate it when trans fluid and antifreeze get mixed.

da-burb · 09-07-2002, 12:06 AM

Tell me about it. I had to buy 5 gallons of tranny fluid to flush out my transmission this weekend because of a leaky tranny cooler in the radiator. I'm having a special on 5 gallons of dust controller or driveway weed killer this weekend, come and get it!

O'l Buck · 09-07-2002, 01:31 AM

not to mention the fact that Prestone is hell on the fiber discs in the tranny.

09-06-2002, 08:42 PM	#1
slam33 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Long Beach, Ca Posts: 1,432	To stock cooler or not to stock cooler That was the question. I'm getting ready to do the stick to auto conversion. I have a big cooler on the shelf that I have fitted to the rad support and figured I would just run 3/8 hard lines all the way up and back, might as well do it right. Well just to check things out I pulled the plugs on the radiator since lots of stock one have the tranny cooler just blocked off. Gee geuss what I found. First there 5/16 line, yuk, give me some volume. Then they begane to weep, then drip. Guess the best way to go is straight to a cooler, I hate it when trans fluid and antifreeze get mixed. __________________ 71 LWB 350/350still working on it but it's going tp be sweet. www.geocities.com/stevemau/slam33page.html " TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/stevemau/slam33page.html?1004806705410 </A>

09-07-2002, 12:06 AM	#2
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	Tell me about it. I had to buy 5 gallons of tranny fluid to flush out my transmission this weekend because of a leaky tranny cooler in the radiator. I'm having a special on 5 gallons of dust controller or driveway weed killer this weekend, come and get it! __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087

09-07-2002, 01:31 AM	#3
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	not to mention the fact that Prestone is hell on the fiber discs in the tranny. __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

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