monte70car Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 hey guys im looking for some infor on a b&m trans cooler. this is the type we have in the elkie what fittings did u all used coming off the trans cooler we have steel lines coming out of the trans and up into the engine bay. should we keep the metal lines goin to the cooler or change over to rubber/steel braided hose? also what makes the fan come on does it use a ground as a one swtich or is it 12v to make it come on and off. also how much fuild will i need the trans a a deep b&m trans pan which holds 2 more quarts more then a stock pan or should we fuild it up until its full? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam (Bones) Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I used all -6 fittings and lines, I have the one w/out the fan, I would top it off using the dipstick, I ran mine 1/2 pint low from the dipstick reading, this was recommended by my trans builder, since it had two extra quarts from the deep pan, it would be less likely to leak at the dipstick tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I used steel 3/8" brake line for my cooler lines. that way the line itself can act as a litte extra cooler.. plus it was easier to route. a 5' length will JUST reach from the trans to the radiator if you don't mind a non-stock routing. then when I added the external cooler, I just disconnected the line coming out of the stock cooler, added a hose barb to the stock cooler ,and ran rubber hose from the barb to the cooler and thenf rom the cooler back to the steel line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 the radiator in the elkie dont have a trans cooler. all it has is the b&m cooler that i posted a pic of, which needs a 1/2" nptcomin out of it the i need the other end to go down to 3/8" double flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 a 3/8" what? hose barb? double flarE? single flare? npt? fpt? my radiator is a 1/4" npt.. I just got a brass 1/4" male npt to 3/8" hose barb, so I could connect a rubber hose to it and my new cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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