Anyone that has a ford auto from the 90,s onwards should bypass the cooler in the radiator and just run a aftermarket tranny cooler. The EF and EL had a problem of the cooler in the radiator would start to have brass flaking off and stuffing up the tranny or the cooler slowly blowing up in size till it started to leak. the AU,s have the same blowing up problem. You wont over cool the oil so the bigger the cooler the better. PWR from Supercheap are good for the money and the Drivetech ( Canadian ) ones cool very well. Never use the ones you can see the round copper pipes running back and forth through the fine alloy fins. They do not cool as well. I wouldnt use the plastic ties to put the cooler straight onto your radiator or air con condenser. Better to make brackets up so it clears by about 1cm. You can pick up cheap ones on e-bay all the time meaning you wont pay more than $30 delivered. My last one cost $16 delivered. If you cut the auto lines use a small pipe cutter and never a hack saw. You dont want little bits of steel in your auto fluid. If you go looking for the right fittings have fun they are a very odd thread.
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