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Transmission Cooler

Posted: 4/15/07 6:44pm Message 1 of 5
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Rocklin, CA - USA
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Vette(s): 1970 T-Top350/350hp numbers matching 4 speed. It's a mess and 1970 Convertible 4 speed.
Hey I was looking at my radiator and on the front I am assuming is the radiator for the transmission but on the passenger side I see a female fitting but nothing is hook up to it. What is suppose to be hook up to it? Is there a hose from the transmission?


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Transmission Cooler

Posted: 4/15/07 7:12pm Message 2 of 5
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Vette(s): 1969 convertible L71 427/435 4-speed black interior
If your car has an automatic transmission (or ever did), it needs to have cooling lines hooked up to the radiator. The radiator has internal cooling lines for cooling transmission fluid.

If what you're looking at is a seperate, smaller looking radiator mounted in front of the main radiator, it could be an auxiliary transmission cooler someone mounted in the past or the a/c condenser.


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Posted: 4/15/07 7:19pm Message 3 of 5
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Yup...that's what it sounds like to me, too. An auxiliary trans cooler. It has bypassed the cooler in the radiator, which is why you see the open fitting.
You can re-plumb it so it is factory if you want, but the aux. cooler, depending on it's size, will cool the trans better on it's own.


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Transmission Cooler

Posted: 4/15/07 7:26pm Message 4 of 5
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Rocklin, CA - USA
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Vette(s): 1970 T-Top350/350hp numbers matching 4 speed. It's a mess and 1970 Convertible 4 speed.
Hey I'm think its for the AC. I have AC but its not hook right now another project down the road.


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Posted: 4/15/07 7:36pm Message 5 of 5
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Well, yeah...the condenser connections are on the pass. side. If you are looking at a contraption that looks just like a radiator, and is the same size as the radiator(except thinner), then that is the condenser for the A/C system.


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