Originally Posted By: dogememe
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Originally Posted By: dogememe
i'm going to try some thread sealant but i'm wondering if i can use a radiator with trans cooler built in from a different year vic? were they ever part of the radiator? i don't mind changing the radiator as that's easy and i should probably put fresh coolant in anyway since idk if it was ever changed.
Way back in the 1997 down. Should fit. Might do what I said and look for the factory trans cooler used 98-04. Later I can take a pic of a 2002 radiator with one attached to show you how it mounts. If your radiator still has the mounting spots for it, I imagine it will drop in..
looked on rockauto and ebay and radiators seem to be different sizes between 97 and 07 :'( can't find factory trans cooler, just the aftermarket ones.
Yeah, what I did when I blew my trans was buy one out of a junkyard, and I found you can actually remove the thermostat so I flushed it with brake cleaner until it ran clear. Then let it dry for a few days. I think to get a new factory 04 trans cooler, you have to buy a cooling package with the radiator and everything. I dont even know if they still have them in stock.
So, yeah. Thats where I would buy one. All panthers had the same cooling package, within a given year, after 1997. So, a trans cooler out of a babied Town car is the same that was in a Police car.
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Originally Posted By: dogememe
i'm going to try some thread sealant but i'm wondering if i can use a radiator with trans cooler built in from a different year vic? were they ever part of the radiator? i don't mind changing the radiator as that's easy and i should probably put fresh coolant in anyway since idk if it was ever changed.
Way back in the 1997 down. Should fit. Might do what I said and look for the factory trans cooler used 98-04. Later I can take a pic of a 2002 radiator with one attached to show you how it mounts. If your radiator still has the mounting spots for it, I imagine it will drop in..
looked on rockauto and ebay and radiators seem to be different sizes between 97 and 07 :'( can't find factory trans cooler, just the aftermarket ones.
Yeah, what I did when I blew my trans was buy one out of a junkyard, and I found you can actually remove the thermostat so I flushed it with brake cleaner until it ran clear. Then let it dry for a few days. I think to get a new factory 04 trans cooler, you have to buy a cooling package with the radiator and everything. I dont even know if they still have them in stock.
So, yeah. Thats where I would buy one. All panthers had the same cooling package, within a given year, after 1997. So, a trans cooler out of a babied Town car is the same that was in a Police car.