do i have a tranny cooler

[GenLee01]

On my 94 sport in front of the radiator i have a small looking one. is this stock or is it a tranny cooler or oil cooler? how can i tell?

 

[Positive Vibes]

Should be your tranny cooler. Do you have the tow package?

 

[GenLee01]

i don't think so. i bout it used so i am not sure. there is no reciver hitch on it so i doubt it.

 

[aldive]

It is a tranny cooler. You will NOT have a hitch with the tow package,

If you want to test, simply remove one of the hoses and see the red ATF.

 

[Positive Vibes]

Flow the lines from the small cooler. See where the go. I'm pretty sure its a tranny cooler. On your rear bumper do you have holes to mount a ball for towing. Also try a search I know there are pics posted on this.

 

[Gimp]

Originally posted by GenLee01
On my 94 sport in front of the radiator i have a small looking one. is this stock or is it a tranny cooler or oil cooler? how can i tell?

On the first-gen Exploders, the factory auxiliary automatic tranny cooler will be about 6" high x 13" long and mounted on the driver's side in front of the radiator and A/C condenser. It will have two rubber hoses attached to it that put it in series with the radiator tranny cooler. Trace the rubber hoses back to where they hook up - one should terminate at a metal line that goes to the bottom tranny cooler fitting on the radiator and the other should terminate at a metal line that leads back to the transmission.
First-gen Ex fluid path is transmission to cooler fitting at top of radiator, bottom cooler fitting on radiator to auxiliary tranny cooler, tranny cooler back to transmission.

 

[GenLee01]

yea it has a hole in the bumper that i put a convert a ball on it. so i can change sized for the trailers i pull. cool i am glad it as one. now i don't have to add one, lol.

Gimp,

that is exaclty where it is mounted and looks like. cool. happy days, lol

 

[JDraper]

Originally posted by GenLee01
yea it has a hole in the bumper that i put a convert a ball on it. so i can change sized for the trailers i pull. cool i am glad it as one. now i don't have to add one, lol...

Just remember that the bumper is only rated as a Class II, so don't tow anything big with it. If you tow anything over 3k lbs, you should install a Class III hitch.

 

[GenLee01]

that is very true. i have pulled my 18' boat on the bumper and a snowmobile trailer with 2 machines on it. i hope to get a reciver hitch this spring before i really start pulling my boat.

 

[Geoff123]

while you are all talking about tranny coolers. I was under the x this last weekend to change the oil for the first time, and let me add it was very easy with the oil filter right there, and i noticed a little cooler in front of the oil pan, is this a tranny or oil cooler?

Thanks guys
GEoff

 

[aldive]

Sounds like you were looking at the power steering cooler.

 

[Geoff123]

ohh neat, i wasnt aware it had that. It is about 13 inches long and 2-3 inches wide. Does that help any?