Hey guys

Ok - onto next part of the equation.

The TC and VB are ordered - and should be here in a around 1 week.

Thought I would ask for advice on dropping and reinstalling the tranny as well as the TC/VB replacement.

Any thoughts or guidelines from experience. ??

I have heard the TC and the cross members can be a pain ......................

Any special tools or techniques help ?

Things to watch out for ?

thanks

John

---------- Post added at 06:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:38 AM ----------

Oh - and yes- I am getting some help also

hahahaha - thought I would beat W+F telling me to do so *joke*

But doesn't the tranny cooler with 12v fan have a switch that will come on at a certain temp - just same as front electric fan http://www.bmracing.com/PRODUCTS/Hi-Tek-Automatic-Transmission-Cooling-System/Hi-Tek-Automatic-Transmission-Cooling-System-13-1-2x9x3-1-2-with-9-1-2-diameter-fan So once temps go over certain temp it kicks in and starts cooling down the fluid directly. And just to be be real dumb here - isn't this a direct cooling of the fluid itself, whereas dual electric fans are just passing more airflow over the existing cooler ?? So what I mean is - this way you actually get it directly cooled by two fans against 2x sets of 'fins'. Using the 2 front mounted electric fans you have 2 fans (same) but only 1 set of fins - so less surface area in total thats being cooled as it moves through ?

The one you posted would work, I did not realize it was a cooler with a fan attached, my bad I just don't know where you would find a good spot to mount it. You have to also realize that the factory tranny cooler is probably about 2-3 times bigger than the one you posted so you could see where getting a higher volume of air through that one would work too. Not to mention colder air conditioning and cooler carged air into your intake and cooler engine temps. Plus the gained power from not driving the mechanical fan all the time going down the road ect.

The one you posted would work, I did not realize it was a cooler with a fan attached, my bad I just don't know where you would find a good spot to mount it. You have to also realize that the factory tranny cooler is probably about 2-3 times bigger than the one you posted so you could see where getting a higher volume of air through that one would work too. Not to mention colder air conditioning and cooler carged air into your intake and cooler engine temps. Plus the gained power from not driving the mechanical fan all the time going down the road ect.

Good points - yeah one of my concerns is where to mount it - as well as using tranny 1/2" flexi-hose for the fluid to connect to cooler lines. Need to think if there is anyway to mount a second fan (only) to existing stock ...... rather than replacing the stock fan with the two fans - as I can't afford $600 for this one.