fritz84
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- Location
- Maryland
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger XLT
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Hi, I have searched the archives (for this forum and elsewhere) and have not been able to find an answer to my question. New to me 1994 Ranger with 2.3 and auto trans (which was recently rebuilt under previous ownership). While I don’t plan to do any towing with this vehicle I do want to take care of the transmission, and installing an inline aux cooler seems to be a recommended as part of that program.
- So, I purchased a mid-sized Hayden plate and fin style cooler and mounted it up in front of the radiator, which has the integrated cooler on the passenger side with a vertical orientation. The radiator was replaced by previous owner and that re-install appears to have resulted in cutting the upper steel line coming into the integrated cooler and installing a coupling to accomplish the reconnect. No such treatment affected the lower line, and both appear to be in good condition (not rusty or outward signs of damage).
- Cutting to the chase- I believe the lower line on the radiator/cooler is the return line to the transmission and therefore the one recommended for install of the inline aux cooler. A easy/lazy install for me would involve taking advantage of the existence of that coupling on the upper (assume input) line which would avoid the need to cut into the lower line, and given the mounting location for the aux cooler, makes the length of hose provided with the kit workable. This raises the obvious question of if it will do any harm installing inline on that line, or will it just potentially be less efficient in that position?
- Lastly, I’m located in a moderate climate zone that rarely has freezing temps over extended periods, in case that figures into the calculations. If there are any other considerations involved that I’m not aware of I would appreciate haring about them- please advise.