62 Belvedere 318 poly granny cruiser (one day i hope)
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icetech
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Soo.. i wanted to add a power steering cooler to my car and saw this.. though.. hmm i can mount it on the inside of the drivers frame rail below the battery.. not ideal air flow but out of the way and will still cool..
Has the mounts i will just run some bolts in and be done.. easy peasy... web page says it's 8.5" long... thing just showed up and it's 17" long.. which is fine but i don't think that frame rail has room
will check when i get home...
Has the mounts i will just run some bolts in and be done.. easy peasy... web page says it's 8.5" long... thing just showed up and it's 17" long.. which is fine but i don't think that frame rail has room
will check when i get home...
icetech
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cooler came and i'm actually happy with the mounting spot.. under the battery box, can barely see it.. i don't run a shroud so it will get plenty of air. woulda put it all back together tonight but the hose clamps i ordered are too small welded a bolt as a stud under the box, and used the normal front mount spot... came out ok..
(the second pic looks like it's on an angle.. but it's not...
welded a bolt as a stud under the box, and used the normal front mount spot... came out ok..(the second pic looks like it's on an angle.. but it's not...
ckessel
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I just ordered one of those coolers too off of Amazon. Wanted to have that on hand, plus a pair of filters, for when I can put the Borgeson box/pump from BAC on the wagon.
icetech
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Filter? for the PS? i didn't even think of that... Hope the cooler helps.. my pump was running 180ish on 65 degree days
ckessel
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Got hooked on those back when I first started working parts. Same unit can be plumbed into the trans cooler return line. Subaru had a service bulletin in the 90's to use them. They, like many other oe's, were having problems. Keep the shrapnel out of your new pump and/or box. Parts stores[ in their power steering hose listings], Rock Auto, Amazon etc.
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icetech
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well pewp.. didn't know bout that.. i think i can fit one in between the box/cooler... will order it..
BTW.. 300psi line should be strong enough for the return?
You could say that. A 20psi hose would be strong enough
icetech
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ah k.. i did a search last night and read it will hit 150psi.. i like to overkill stuff.. i have a tough *** trans cooler line on there right now but it isn't flexible enough, have some softer stuff i'm gonna swap out
Take a look at the flimsy factory spring wire clamps. And it goes straight into the can. Could you imagine 150 psi blowing right into the reservoir??
icetech
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True...
icetech
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Trans cooler showed up, a little bigger/heavier than i expected but should cool nice... zero restriction blowing through it.. the one in the radiator was not easy to blow through.. going to go from an-10 down to 5/16 though.. sooo.. won't matter more than likely...
Starting to think bout eating like 12k and offing this car to someone... i have more in it now than i could have bought a complete done car for and it's a POS (i am just a hack) will see.. might just be in a funk...
Also ordered a brake pressure gauge so i can actually diagnose why my brakes are crap...
Starting to think bout eating like 12k and offing this car to someone... i have more in it now than i could have bought a complete done car for and it's a POS (i am just a hack) will see.. might just be in a funk...
Also ordered a brake pressure gauge so i can actually diagnose why my brakes are crap...
icetech
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K... PS filter is in... came out ok.. started making brackets for the trans cooler but of all things i am out of 1/4-20 nuts... will have some tomorrow...
The cooler is way bigger than i was thinking,. covers bout 1/3 of the radiator.. i'm mounting is bout 3/4" forward of the rad.. will be fine
The cooler is way bigger than i was thinking,. covers bout 1/3 of the radiator.. i'm mounting is bout 3/4" forward of the rad.. will be fine
Nicely done!
ckessel
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Old cars can be a challenge. Problem solving 101. Don't give up. On my cooler, I mount it under the hood latch horizontal, upper tie bar?, support just behind the grille. Will tackle that when its time.
icetech
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This is going to be on the drivers side of the rad opening, there are 2 slotted holes from the factory that aren't used and i have no idea what they are for.. will use one of those and have to drill 2 holes in the lower part of the core support in front of the rad.. trying not to drill the car up too much but can't be avoided. Am going to mount 3 corners of the cooler, hoping that's solid enough..
icetech
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Got 3 of the mounts done.. only had to drill one hole, was gonna do the fourth since i can't move the thing at all.. But my ocd says i have to.. Think i'm gonna cast blast the brackets.. red is too much red.. and black on red isn't great...
Think that's enough cooling?
The line outlet is a little close to the light bucket.. but far enough. if they touch i have worse issues going on..
And i wish i had done this with the front end off... i could have done much better lines i hate having rubber.. going to try to keep ti as minimal as possible.
Think that's enough cooling?
The line outlet is a little close to the light bucket.. but far enough. if they touch i have worse issues going on..
And i wish i had done this with the front end off... i could have done much better lines
i hate having rubber.. going to try to keep ti as minimal as possible.
ckessel
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I like it. This is the arrangement for my three coolers. Engine, trans, steering. I widened out the center opening so the coolers will get better air to them.
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