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  • Transmission cooler
    Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
    Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:41:50 -0400
    What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? The engine oil pump is...
  • Re: Transmission cooler
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:43:38 -0400
    ...Transmission cooler What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? The engine oil...
  • Re: Transmission cooler
    Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
    Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:31:43 -0400
    ...Transmission cooler > > What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate > transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? > > The engine oil...
  • Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:58:14 -0700
    ...Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again! > Is it a common issue? I replaced my automatic transmission fluid cooler > (with a used one) about a year...
  • Re: For those with automatic transmissions
    Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
    Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:47:38 -0800
    Whatever you choose, I would ditch the stock transmission cooler in a heartbeat Mine is automatic. I just remember when the stock cooler broke...
  • Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:16:44 -0500
    ...Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again! > > >> Is it a common issue? I replaced my automatic transmission fluid cooler >> (with a used one) about a year...
  • Re: Auto transmission cooler??
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:50:13 -0400
    ...Auto transmission cooler?? Does anyone know if auto transmission coolers have known go get plugged? Maybe coincidence, but it seems that after I changed...
  • Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:11:50 -0400
    Are you sure it is the transmission oil cooler, not the engine oil cooler? That one fills the coolant system real fast. Due to...
  • oil coolers, engine and trans
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:32:49 -0400
    does anyone know what the design differences are between engine oil coolers and transmission oil coolers? i was thinking that the engine oil coolers...
  • Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
    Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:36:59 -0700
    Is it a common issue? I replaced my automatic transmission fluid cooler (with a used one) about a year and a half ago, now...
  • Automatic trans cooler question
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:28:45 -0500
    http://www.smallcar.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29877 Does anyone know if the hollow transmission cooler bolts that screw into...
  • '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
    Historical mailing list - alancshearer
    Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:30:49 -0800
    ...I determined that the bolts holding the ATF cooler to the transmission are 17 mm and tried a box wrench on the upper, but...
  • Vanagon Automatic Transmission Oil Cooler for Sale...
    Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
    Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:43:18 -0400
    Hey All, I have a good used automatic transmission Oil Cooler for sale... 80 dollars plus shipping. Cleaned and ready to go. I am...
  • Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Tue, 19 May 2009 12:18:10 -0700
    ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed? Hello Everyone, I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
  • Re: Question about the fluid cooler on the auto tranny
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:09:07 -0700
    ...but then I looked at how the transmission cooler plumbing is arranged. The return line off the cooler is a branch off the return...
  • Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Wed, 20 May 2009 02:25:52 -0400
    ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
  • Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 19 May 2009 19:34:36 -0400
    ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed? Hello Everyone, I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
  • Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Tue, 19 May 2009 14:59:22 -0400
    ...Automatic Vanagons have a factory installed transmission cooler that uses engine coolant and the radiator to cool the fluid. This adds the transmission cooling...
  • Auto transmission cooler??
    Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
    Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:06:17 -0400
    Does anyone know if auto transmission coolers have known go get plugged? Maybe coincidence, but it seems that after I changed my front heater...
  • Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 20 May 2009 07:00:52 -0400
    ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
  • Re: Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:43:52 -0800
    ...Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted > > > I believe my 1984 automatic transmission cooler has failed since I have > fluid coming > out my fill tube and...
  • Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:06:10 -0700
    ...oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission! While having an ATF cooler fail makes for a mess it...
  • For those with automatic transmissions
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:38:11 -0800
    In preparation for my Subaru conversion, I need to upgrade the transmission, which means a better cooler, among other things. Coolers range from the...
  • Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Wed, 20 May 2009 02:30:15 -0400
    ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
  • Re: Go Westy auto trans cooler
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:40:09 -0400
    ...Seen many an aftermarket oil cooler or hose for same destroy an engine or transmission. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
  • Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
    Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
    Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:21:22 -0700
    I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you automatic transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes and driving the first...
  • Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:28:39 -0700
    ...oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission! Thanks Stuart, Now I’m going to loose sleep over this...
  • Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted
    Historical mailing list - Ahlgrim, Kevin
    Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:55:08 -0500
    I believe my 1984 automatic transmission cooler has failed since I have fluid coming out my fill tube and from all the research I...
  • Re: Auto tranny cooling
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:19:31 -0400
    ...Sensor "tee'd" into transmission cooler outlet line back to the transmission. Runs about 185-210 degrees F, but got north of 250 degrees...
  • Re: Install external oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:14:42 -0400
    ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original > Message ----- >> I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you >> automatic transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes...
  • Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
    Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
    Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:37:26 EST
    ...I I have an airconditioner squirel cage fan attached to a transmission cooler on my FORD E350 4x4 van (yes, a very large Syncro...
  • Re: VDO Transmission PRESSURE gauge...anyone used one on a 2.1L AT???
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:53:49 -0700
    ...I can testify that many transmissions have coolers and motor homes have add on coolers for providing cooler transmissions and possibly a longer life...
  • Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:03:12 -0600
    ...my automatic transmission fluid cooler > (with a used one) about a year and a half ago, now again I find > transmission > oil in the...
  • Re: Oil cooler for 81 Westy
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:59:44 -0400
    does nayone have pics of how to mount a cooler by the transmission. sam 70 westy
  • Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Tue, 12 May 2009 00:50:37 -0400
    ...http://www.smallcar.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=83 Comes with everything you need. "Automatic Vanagons have a factory installed transmission cooler that...
  • Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:44:16 -0800
    ...http://www.californiavan.com/subaru/autotranny/coolerfitting.jpg >I recently realized coolant is getting into the automatic >transmission and transmission fluid into the cooling...
  • Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:52:17 +0000
    ...oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission! While these are pretty reliable, when the A/T cooler goes...
  • Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
    Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
    Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:27:05 -0700
    ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- >> I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you >> automatic >> transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes...
  • Go Westy auto trans cooler
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:58:54 -0400
    A few months ago I finished an overhauling on Ursula, replacing everything related to fuel and cooling systems, engine and automatic transmission oil coolers...
  • Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:00:11 -0400
    ...These transmissions due most of the torque converter heat rejection through the converter itself. The air cooled vans have no other cooler. I will...
  • Re: Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:54:51 +0000
    ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > >> I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you > >> automatic > >> transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes...
  • Re: VDO Transmission PRESSURE gauge...anyone used one on a 2.1L AT???
    Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
    Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:02:17 -0700
    ...I can testify that many transmissions have coolers > and motor homes have > add on coolers for providing cooler transmissions > and possibly a longer > life...
  • Re: Automatic trans cooler question
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:28:20 -0500
    ...anyone know if the hollow transmission cooler bolts that screw into > the > transmission and provide fluid to the cooler are the same size for...
  • Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:38:36 -0500
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler I recently realized coolant is getting into the automatic transmission and transmission fluid into...
  • Re: Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted
    Historical mailing list - azsun99
    Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:56:09 -0700
    ...Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted I believe my 1984 automatic transmission cooler has failed since I have fluid coming out my fill tube and...
  • Re: For those with automatic transmissions
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:45:01 -0600
    ...Subaru conversion, I need to upgrade the > transmission, > which means a better cooler, among other things. > > > > Coolers range from the expensive FAS/Van Café...
  • Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:00:29 +0000
    ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you > automatic > transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes...
  • Re: Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Tue, 12 May 2009 07:09:32 -0700
    ...For a steet vehicle I'd use a tempostat switch and relay to automatically activate the oil cooler pump once the transmission gets up...
  • Re: oil coolers, engine and trans
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:35:32 -0600
    ...oil coolers, engine and trans > does anyone know what the design differences are between engine oil > coolers and transmission oil coolers? i was thinking...
  • Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:34:00 -0400
    ...I know a oil cooler is being added to my Automatic transmission but I don’t know the type! I’m sure it will...
  • Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
    Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
    Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:13:10 -0400
    ...He has no idea what has caused the 4 heater cores and 2 transmission coolers to go. Mechanic's assistant says BMW & VW are...
  • Re: Auto tranny cooling
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 28 Jun 2015 09:51:38 -0400
    The factory transmission cooler is a bit of a weird set up. It basically is in parallel with the radiator. The goal was likely...
  • Auto trans cooler ATF leak
    Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
    Sun, 23 Mar 2003 00:23:44 +0000
    ...auto trans oil cooler and the new cooler leaks ATF where the cooler mates to the transmission case. The old cooler had no gasket...
  • oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:51:02 -0700
    While these are pretty reliable, when the A/T cooler goes it takes out the transmission, a $2000-$3000 repair. There are plenty of...
  • Re: Automatic Transmission external cooler
    Historical mailing list - azsun99
    Wed, 20 May 2009 09:24:41 -0700
    ...Automatic Transmission external cooler I want to know what my options are for extra cooling of my auto trans (1984 vanagon full Westy). I...
  • Re: Subie swap curiosity
    Historical mailing list - David Milo
    Sat, 4 May 2013 19:42:26 -0400
    I beg to differ as far as the requirement for a replacement automatic transmission cooler is concerned, at least using a 2.2L Subaru...
  • Re: oil coolers, engine and trans
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:10:14 -0400
    ...oil coolers, engine and trans > does anyone know what the design differences are between engine oil > coolers and transmission oil coolers? i was thinking...
  • Auto tranny cooling
    Historical mailing list - Cox Home Email
    Sat, 27 Jun 2015 19:07:25 -0700
    ...Sensor "tee'd" into transmission cooler outlet line back to the transmission. Runs about 185-210 degrees F, but got north of 250 degrees...
  • Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:54:30 -0800
    ...Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler? Transmission went out in our '84 Westy, 1.9, in Missoula two...
  • AT cooler?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:32:24 -0700
    ...tencentlife's oil cooler on (I have one on order) is a good idea, but in his experience, cooling the transmission is even more...