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Trans Cooler in '56?
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Powerflite
Posted 2015-01-05 4:33 PM (#466757)
Subject: Trans Cooler in '56?



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Location: So. Cal		I was checking out the radiator in my '56 Plymouth to see about swapping in a different one with a trans cooler in the bottom. To my surprise, it already had one, and it looks factory. The 1/8 pipe holes were plugged, and do not let out coolant when removed. This car originally came with an air-cooled powerflite trans and still had the original motor & trans when I bought it so it is really odd that it would have these installed.

Both '57 Chryslers that I own don't have any coolers, and I have never seen a mopar car with lines from the trans to the radiator this early so what gives? Maybe this isn't really a trans cooler? But if not, what is it?



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StillOutThere
Posted 2015-01-05 4:37 PM (#466758 - in reply to #466757)
Subject: Re: Trans Cooler in '56?



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Location: Under the X in Texas		What is the part number embossed in the upper tank of the radiator near a probable DPCD logo? That will determine what the rad was originally in. May not have come in your car 60 years ago.
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Powerflite
Posted 2015-01-05 4:49 PM (#466759 - in reply to #466758)
Subject: Re: Trans Cooler in '56?



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Location: So. Cal		It is definitely a '55-'56 Dodge/Plymouth specific radiator because of the unique side brackets and other features, but the top tank has no part number. I guess it is a replacement that provided the trans cooler as an option or something.
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hoodinki
Posted 2015-01-05 5:56 PM (#466766 - in reply to #466757)
Subject: Re: Trans Cooler in '56?


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not an original radiator.
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ttotired
Posted 2015-01-05 6:04 PM (#466767 - in reply to #466757)
Subject: Re: Trans Cooler in '56?



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Location: Perth Australia		Because the side brackets are removeable, it looks like you have a new (old) core there

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VAN HELSING
Posted 2015-01-06 5:35 AM (#466820 - in reply to #466767)
Subject: Re: Trans Cooler in '56?



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Location: Upper Hunter NSW Australia		........

Would have to agree, most cars of these era would have had at least one recore by now.

I worked in a shop for a few years where the boss did radiators as a sideline and every replacement radiator we did had these auto cooling lines in them whether it was going in an auto or manual trans car/truck.

If it was going in a manual trans vehicle we just left the plugs in these lines as we got them.

We would just desolder the mounts from the old radiator and resolder to the new.

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