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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 07:29 AM
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Default Trans cooler is done. Tru cool still best?

Well my trans cooler is plugged plum up. It's the biggest tru cool. Are they still the Mac daddy of coolers or it there a bigger one? The stock rad cooler is clogged too, is there a better rad than the stock 34" with out spending an *** ton? I'm not taking a chance with either by cleaning them. I might even do the lines.
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 08:42 AM
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I think there are better coolers. Tru cool is big on this forum because it's decent, cheap and easy to install.
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 08:15 AM
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anybody else?
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 08:25 AM
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Get a trans cooler for a 6L or 6.4L PS diesel, that's what I always used to run... I've even seen People run AC condensers off small cars for trans coolers. The ford cooler is about twice the size of your tru cool. Bigger core and bigger fittings too.
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I'm kinda curious how its done... just filled with crap from the transmission?
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looks like the tcc went bad and all the clutch material went into the cooler. the pan is filled with it too. trans never slipped.
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Originally Posted by silver-mod-o
Get a trans cooler for a 6L or 6.4L PS diesel, that's what I always used to run... I've even seen People run AC condensers off small cars for trans coolers. The ford cooler is about twice the size of your tru cool. Bigger core and bigger fittings too.
those arent too big for the 60e? going to that big of an opening?
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You don't want to just have it flushed?
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Derale tranny are pretty too
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Originally Posted by Vortec350ss
You don't want to just have it flushed?
hell no. trans price vs cooler price is huge. its pluged up enough fluid bearly comes out. i'm not chancing that on a high dollar trans.


those ford coolers are massive and so is the price. so far they run about $300.
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