Date:         Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:58:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Go Westy auto trans cooler
Comments: To: Hector Zapata <hlzapata@GMAIL.COM>
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Thanks for the heads-up on that, Hector.

I have a GW ATF cooler, installed a couple months ago, and am getting
underneath the van this weekend, hopefully, to install a temp sender.
I'll check the endplates at the time. No sign of leakage on the ground
at this time, anyways.

-- RJS

On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 18:58 -0400, Hector Zapata wrote:

> A few months ago I finished an overhauling on Ursula, replacing everything
> related to fuel and cooling systems, engine and automatic transmission oil
> coolers, a/c hoses, etc. Two weeks ago I had to drive a couple hundred miles
> round trip, and noticed the transmission was siliping. Checked the fluid and
> had to add two pints, and a quart when I got home. This week the leak was
> worse, but I couldn't find where it was coming from until today, when I had
> the van up in ramps, and degreased the tranny area, and checked the cooler
> hoses. Everything was tight when I checked them, so I started the engine,
> the oil cooler itself was leaking big time. So I lowered the thing,
> re-started the engine, and the leaks were coming from both ends, turned out
> all the bolts holding the end caps to the cooler bodt were loose, ALL OF
> THEM. If you recently installed one of these, please check it when you get a
> chance, I spent a lot of money on transmission fluid and risked burning the
> tranny, since this is my only vehicle at the moment.
>
> Hector
> 1990 Carat 'Ursula'
> 203,000+ miles on original engine