So i found this tranny cooler out of a 1 ton dodge for $20 bucks. Figured this is something ive been meaning to do for a long time and it would be a fun project. Now my question is does it matter which way i mount it. The easiest way i can see mounting is to use the 2 small tabs and they would be at the bottom with the hoses pointing toward the passenger side. I will be cutting those but i want to figure out where its going to go before that. Now when it was in the dodge, the 2 tabs were on top. do you think that will be a problem with them at the bottom. anyway heres a pic of the thing, oh yeah its huge. let me know what you think. thanks

 

Cool...with some coolers it does seem to matter which way you mount it and for some it doesn't, but to be on the safe side, I would mount it the same way it was on the Dodge, if it's possible.

Are you going to install it inline with the factory cooler, or are you going to bypass?

But wow, that thing is pretty big! At least you won't have to worry about your tranny overheating.

 

Usually they are mounted so that gravity helps pull the ATF through the smallest passages. Input manifold at the top, output manifold at the bottom. No sense in fighting gravity, it just creates more pressure drop through the cooler.

With used coolers make sure you flush them out good.

This is how I do it:

 

If I were you, since I don't have an AT, I would bypass the stock (in radiator) cooler. The in rad cooler has been known to split causing big problems.

 

oh yeah, im going to flush it big time and i am going to bypass the stock cooler. I bent everything up and planning on mounting it with the in and out of the bottom, thats just the easiest for my application.

 

x2. Plus you avoid putting strain on the oil pump.