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Trans cooler lines

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 11:47 am
by MattH
I am fitting some as the car didn't have any, just a loop of pipe to join the connections.

Does it matter which way round they go?
I assume a cooler rad will flow either way? I am looking at an after market seperate rad as the combined water and oil rad worries me.

I have made copper 5/16th lines which I have just run alongside the engine sump and over the top of the K frame to below the rad where I will then join them to a cooler when I get one.

Does this routing sound about right? I've looked at repro ones to look like original and they seem fairly straight so I assume they go along the sump side rather than along the bodywork.

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 11:51 am
by Cannonball
yes matt thats as it should be if you mount the cooler crossways you want the front cooler pipe to the top of the cooler

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 14 12:10 pm
by DaveBishop
Matt make sure that you flare the ends of the pipes if you are using rubber pipe and hard pipe as there is a lot of pressure