I have a 1990 Comanche, and the previous owner tried to swap in a auto. I put the manual back in and In the front of the truck below the radiator is the tranny cooler, it has two lines going up to the radiator. What can I do about these? I want to pull the cooler since I have no use for it.
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Is there a differnence in radiators?
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5-90
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Pull the lines. Have a bowl or something to catch any fluid that drips out.
If it's a separate cooler, clean it out and you can use it for power steering fluid or engine oil - the units are similar.
Or, if it's a separate cooler and you don't want to use it for anything, flush it out and give it to someone for the shipping (I could use one - hint, hint.)
If it's the integral cooler, pull the lines, flush it out, and forget about it. You won't lose any coolant - if you do, you have bigger problems to deal with.
I tend to use radiators for automatics whenever I do a swap, since they're designed to throw off more heat (needs the extra capacity for the tranmission fluid circuit.) Keep it - it will work better.
Now, if I can only find a decent, cheap little MJ... I need a small pickup!
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If it's a separate cooler, clean it out and you can use it for power steering fluid or engine oil - the units are similar.
Or, if it's a separate cooler and you don't want to use it for anything, flush it out and give it to someone for the shipping (I could use one - hint, hint.)
If it's the integral cooler, pull the lines, flush it out, and forget about it. You won't lose any coolant - if you do, you have bigger problems to deal with.
I tend to use radiators for automatics whenever I do a swap, since they're designed to throw off more heat (needs the extra capacity for the tranmission fluid circuit.) Keep it - it will work better.
Now, if I can only find a decent, cheap little MJ... I need a small pickup!
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Nah - my 88 5sp has an auto transmission, for the reasons I cited. You won't have any trouble - just make sure to drain all the transmission fluid out of the thing first (somewhere between a half-pint and a pint, usually.)
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5-90 said:
I was by san jose (coming from san francisco) yesterday and I noticed serveral mj's. It struck me, because I hardly ever see them around San Diego, its rare to see 2 in one day here. (Sorry to hijack the topic).
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Yeah - I see them a few times a week around here - but none of them are ever for sale!
You'd think someone would cut loose of one sooner or later...
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You'd think someone would cut loose of one sooner or later...
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