So I finally got around to ordering a new radiator from radiatorbarn.com, and flushing out the stop leak stuff, and I looked at my new radiator... it has two inlets/outlets at the bottom that I'm guessing are for a transmission cooler. My rig is a 5-spd! Can I just connect the two spigots (or whatever they're called) with some overflow hosing and still use it? That seems a little less than reliable, as if that wee little hose breaks I'm screwed.

I'll give radiatorbarn a call tomorrow, and ask if they sent me the wrong one, but what do I do if they say "no."???

Radiatorbarn has a pretty goods rep so I'm not too worried. Aside from that it's the exact right size (held the old radiator up to it), mounting points and all. It looks to be high quality and arrived super fast.

 

the bottom tranmission cooler is seperate from the rest of the radiator.

dont worry about plugging them up.

i have a 5 speed as well and my radiator has the separate cooler on it (im guessing mine is an aftermarket radiator and not an oem)

just pretend the cooler lines arent there and just fill it up as normal.

 

Really? I'll double check, but it looked like it was connected when I looked into the lower main line...

Learn something new everyday...

Thanks for the quick answer!

 

only one way to find out if im right............fill er up


good luck

 

You were right. It really looks like it's connected, but the fill-er-up test proved otherwise. It's installed and running fine.

Anyone in the NH area want a free used Toy radiator that leaks slowly from some unknown spot?

 

Ya, if I had seem this post earlier I would have replied, but I didn't see it till this morning.

Anyway, I put in a radiator from Radiatorbarn.com in my rig last week, and I have a 5-speed just like you. Anyway, there is a really small note on one of the pages they send with the radiator that says don't worry about those lines/outlets...they are completely separate from the rest of the radiator. I just left the little blue caps on mine!!! I wish all radiators were as easy to install as the ones on our rigs.

Did you do new hoses and thermostat too?

 

hoses were just done 20k ago when I had my 120k tune-up, so I didn't bother. I had hoses on hand incase these looked beat, but they were in perfect shape so I returned the replacements to autozone.

thermostat I didn't do. should I? The truck doesn't seem to have any temp. related problems... holds perfectly steady according to the dash dial.

 

Nah, I wouldn't say it was necessary to do the thermostat. I have a 108K on mine, and since I was replacing the radiator anyway, I just decided to do the thermostat and hoses as good preventative maintenance. I wouldn't sweat it too much unless you are having problems...which it doesn't seem that you are!

 

I always wondered if you could pump water through there to make warm showers while you are camping (when the truck is warmed up).

 

I've heard of somebody doing that but I don't remember who. I think I saw it on 4x4wire so you might want to go search over there.

 

The only problem with that is that you aren't gonna get much flow through a little 5/16" line. Not enough for a decent shower at least. If you increase velocity to offset the small diameter, you won't get adequate heating of the water.

 

What a funny thread......shower from the tranny cooler.

Well, yes I think it would work but you will need a high velocity nozzle (like a water saver type) and high pressure pump (maybe like a fuel pump) so the water coming out feels like more than it really is. Will suck to rinse though.

 

So let me get this straight.....You want to get a water source, in the outdoors of course if you are camping, rig up some type of pump and hose deal to the trans cooler coil in the radiator, run the truck until it is up to operating temp, and then stand in front of it and try to take a 'hot' shower...........

I think someone has WAY TOO much time on their hands..

 

There's a commerciall available hot water shower available from R and M: here's a writeup by chris geiger -- http://www.off-road.com/toyota/reviews/shower/

Here's a bunch of shower alternatives: http://www.hotcampshowers.com/

Typically, a motorhome shower pump is used since it's 12V and puts out a lot of volume. I'll probably make one of these someday.

Most people use these after the trailrun so that the engine is still hot and hot water is available right away.