Me and my friend are in the middle of the tranny cooler install and have everything mounted up and the hoses ran. But when we tried to take the original fittings out of the radiator we couldnt budge them? What gives, we didnt want to break anything? Also, do the fittings that come with the B&M kit work w/ our trucks, if so how do they go?

 

Look at the radiator. Stick your head there. Slide those black covers off and you should see some little E-Clips. Get a small screwdriver to pop them off. There's a special tool that's a PITA to get (XLR8NSS gots a pic of it) but I got them off w/o that tool.

Just look at them and you should be able to understand what I am telling you.

 

Thanks man, I thought for a second I was about to bust a hole in the radiator. Back to work!

 

I cut the rubber part out of the return hose and ran the one from the radiator to the cooler, with some line and calmps, then the return line back where the other hose was left open under the hood and clamp it on there.

Maybe this will help:
http://bettie.homeip.net/atvpics/tru...r/100_0618.JPG
This is the line from the radiator to the cooler, you can see the other one right there by it.

 

Yea, I popped that stupid c-clip off the top hose with a screwdriver, attached a hose to that line, ran it to the cooler, then ran the other hose into where the line used to be.
That damn c-clip was a pain in the *** to get off, but it's not that bad

 

Thanks for the help. I installed it and topped off my coolant. The cooler is working great, I just ran it straight through the cooler and didnt run it back into the radiator. So far the hoses and cooler itself are ALOT cooler than before, plus its infront of the A/C condensor where it will cool the most.

 

little advise - need to run the trans lines to the radiator first like factory and then out to your a/m cooler from the rad and then..... back to the trans
this will allow the rad to cool it to 160/180/195 and then out to the cooler which will drop it further.
The issue is when you sit for long periods - say in traffic - there is little to no air flow thru the cooler - then the primary cooling comes from the rad.
This is how trans cooler manufacturers state to run your lines.
Hope it helps.

 

I too was thinking the same thing. The heat exchanger in the radiator is your primary method of cooling (it uses the coolant to absorb the heat from the ATF) then the aftercooler is the seconday method.

 

OK, I will do that. I just have to plug the bottom one back in the radiator and run the top outlet of the radiator to the cooler then plug my outgoing house from the cooler back into the return line. Shouldnt take me too long. Thanks for the advice!