View Poll Results: Is the shroud/duct pictured below necessary?
Nope, remove that ugly thing.
2
25.00%
Yes, find a new place for the cooler to mount.
1
12.50%
Yes, just trim it to make the cooler fit.
5
62.50%
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Advantage of using this "air duct" for the radiator?
#1
Advantage of using this "air duct" for the radiator?
I need to mount the OEM auxiliary transmission cooler to the core-support cross bar that is behind this plastic duct.
This duct wasn't there until I had a front-end collision and had the front end fixed. The body shop added this piece, which I have never seen on any other Rangers.
It gave me a nice place to mount my fantom fog lights, but now it's in the way.
Thanks for the advice or vote!
This duct wasn't there until I had a front-end collision and had the front end fixed. The body shop added this piece, which I have never seen on any other Rangers.
It gave me a nice place to mount my fantom fog lights, but now it's in the way.
- Should I trim it and leave it in place?
- Should I remove it altogether?
- Does it serve any advantage to the air-flow properties of the front end?
Thanks for the advice or vote!
#4
Originally Posted by rwenzing
On mine, I kept that plastic piece intact and mounted the Ex trans cooler in the lower opening instead.
#5
Originally Posted by Needforspeed3685
I was considering this, but I worried about the cooler missing the air-flow from the electric fan on the other side. In its stock location, some of the air passes through the cooler also. This meant (to me) that in traffic or at a stop, the cooler would be almost worthless without air flowing through it.
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#10
Originally Posted by Needforspeed3685
Do you think it will hurt to have it upside down like this?
On a side note, I recently learned that there is a specialty hose made just for transmission cooler lines. If you need to make up longer hoses for the inverted location, you might want to look into it.
#11
Originally Posted by rwenzing
On a side note, I recently learned that there is a specialty hose made just for transmission cooler lines. If you need to make up longer hoses for the inverted location, you might want to look into it.
I think it will actually need to be shortened some, which I can easily do with a pipe cutter. However, I won't know until I get and install a radiator.
Is this correct?
Tranny --> Cooler --> Radiator -->Tranny
If I remember correctly, the line that "feeds" the cooler from the tranny connects to the rubber hose on the cooler. Then the other line from the cooler connects to the radiator, and there's a separate line going back from radiator to the tranny. Is that correct (if it makes sense)?
#12
Originally Posted by Needforspeed3685
Is this correct?
Tranny --> Cooler --> Radiator -->Tranny
If I remember correctly, the line that "feeds" the cooler from the tranny connects to the rubber hose on the cooler. Then the other line from the cooler connects to the radiator, and there's a separate line going back from radiator to the tranny. Is that correct (if it makes sense)?
Tranny --> Cooler --> Radiator -->Tranny
If I remember correctly, the line that "feeds" the cooler from the tranny connects to the rubber hose on the cooler. Then the other line from the cooler connects to the radiator, and there's a separate line going back from radiator to the tranny. Is that correct (if it makes sense)?
The rubber hose is what I was talking about. There is a special kind that is different from regular fuel line and is labeled for transmission cooler use. I don't know but I would guess that it's a specific type of rubber for the application and probably rated for higher pressure and temperature as well.
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