Radiator troubles

dapepper9 · Jan 1, 2015

As some of you know I recently got into a little fender bender and have to replace my radiator. The problem is my truck has an external trans cooler in front of the radiator and I can't seem to find anybody that sells one like that.

None of the tranny lines go into the radiator.

Everybody sells them with the bottom quick connect and top compression fittings installed tho. I had already bought one before figuring this out. My first thought was I would just cap the connections but nobody in this town sells anything that fits. FML. But, do I really need to cap those if the tranny lines aren't going to be connected to it or can I just leave em be? Coolant shouldn't come out of it right?

dodge dude94 · Jan 1, 2015

Coolant will NOT come out of those trans. fittings. You should be fine, just remember that you will likely have to replace your current transmission cooler due to damage.

Merc225hp · Jan 1, 2015

You can leave them be, or find some rubber caps to plug/put on. If you don't plug/cap them dirt will get in and it would have to be flushed before use.

Pay for the shipping and I will send you my A/C rad thats sitting here doing nothing.

dapepper9 · Jan 1, 2015

dodge dude94 said:
just remember that you will likely have to replace your current transmission cooler due to damage.

Trans cooler wasn't actually damaged like I first thought. Radiator already had a slight leak that was barely noticeable and the crash let it shift just enough to open that current leak up a little bit more.

Merc225hp said:
You can leave them be, or find some rubber caps to plug/put on. If you don't plug/cap them dirt will get in and it would have to be flushed before use.

The internal trans cooler isn't going to be used at all so I shouldn't need to worry about flushing it. I'm going to install it later on when I go back to work I'll talk to a guy in the Hydro Shop that Dad told me about. I guess he has what I'll need.

Merc225hp said:
Pay for the shipping and I will send you my A/C rad thats sitting here doing nothing.

I wish I'd posted this before paying $150 for a new one from Oreillys....lol

weeseven · Jan 2, 2015

dapepper9 said:
As some of you know I recently got into a little fender bender and have to replace my radiator. The problem is my truck has an external trans cooler in front of the radiator and I can't seem to find anybody that sells one like that.

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None of the tranny lines go into the radiator.

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Everybody sells them with the bottom quick connect and top compression fittings installed tho. I had already bought one before figuring this out. My first thought was I would just cap the connections but nobody in this town sells anything that fits. FML. But, do I really need to cap those if the tranny lines aren't going to be connected to it or can I just leave em be? Coolant shouldn't come out of it right?

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