5.7L Transmission Cooler Kits

Interesting. I have a scan gauge with that PID. I will check to see what it says.

 

Yes, that shouldn’t be an issue as long as it doesn’t pass the power steering cooler.

 

Question for those who have installed one of these kits.

Anyone also have a behind the grill light bar using the brackets that bolt on where the plastic wind deflectors go? Curious to understand hose routing and clearance across the front of the added cooler if you have done it.

 

HA! Exactly why I asked in the post answered immediately above yours. Great minds... I hope to have a light bar spanning the better part of that space, and I hope to have the cooler at some point as well. I can imagine having to fab a different mounting bracket and get a different set of hoses; neither of which would be of much concern in the long run; but if @chasenicholas93 gets too many folks asking, it might do to have an option ready for purchase...

 

I wondered if that was the case. I have the cooler already installed. Trying to figure out lighting options now and if I need to redo hoses, etc.

 

Just did mines. 16470 miles: 1125

 

I guess my ATF changes will not be due to its thermal degradation, but rather to flush out the clutch pack particles collecting in the pan.

 

Ordered Wednesday night at 10pm, arrived this afternoon. When the website says ships the next business day, it’s not joking. I’ll be installing it first thing tomorrow morning.

 

Because cutting things and grinding things is inconvenient enough, one must have an angle grinder to cut, and an angle grinder to grind. This is the way.

 

It’s extraordinarily handy while building something, not having to constantly swap between discs.

 

Can you provide a picture or reference the light bar you’d like to install? I may be able to come up with a solution.

 

The mounts I'll be using will either be these or something like them. DD makes this kit, which is more popular for the application, and CaliRaised makes kits too; but I'm going to try hard to fit one of these on either side of the emblem on my Platinum/cheese grater grille using some angle iron between the mounting plates. I want to completely fill the space there, not leave half of it open like the kit. Not certain right now whether it will all fit, but that's the plan. Just by looking at pics of your cooler, it seems if the cooler could slide down maybe 6" or 8", I can have my way.



I have plenty on the list above this, so it'll be 18 months or more for me. I can't see it being worth your while to have something ready to go if I'm the only idiot asking, but lights behind the grille are something plenty of folks have or have in mind. I hope the interruption winds up being worth the time you're thinking about it.

Thanks for being interested.

 

Mmmm, sexy. I went a bit out of order of the instructions but it only took me about 3 hours overall. I opted to mount the cooler first, then the hard lines, then route the hose between the cooler and hard lines. My logic was I could still drive the truck at that point if needed since I hadn’t hooked it to the transmission yet.

I’d say the most difficult part was getting the thermostat on. Only because my truck is stock height and I didn’t jack it up at all. Overall though, fantastic kit, thanks op.

 

I should add that the only minor issue I had was the bottom bolt to the trans cooler mount didn't want to thread into the truck, I presume because those threads were a bit rusty. I reused the horn bolt and it worked great. The tips of the OE bolts are designed so they can clean up threads as they thread in and it worked a treat.

 

Your going 'out of order' and pushing the point of no return out to the end of the adventure was smarter.

 

Agreed. I used 1/2” ID - 5/8” OD tubing, which held nicely in the transmission fill hole

Added tip: I found the natural curve in the tubing made it hard to feed down through the engine compartment, so I taped the tubing to a dowel

 

Thanks, I thought so. The last thing I needed was an emergency to come up and need to drive somewhere and be caught with my pants down.

 

Finished my install of the MHX kit , I did the same thing as EatsleepTaco , went out of order coincidentally like him , the install was not bad . Install of flex hose to the front of hard line was PIA, because of limited space. I too had a hard time installing and could not screw the bottom mount to the frame threads and had to email Nick, who replied very quickly, I too ended up using the horn bolt . One more issue was I received a wrong pump from Amazon, and would not fit the ATF quart , but we adapted . I drove around a bit now , and feel the shift are smooth and positive .

 

Happy to hear the install went (mostly) smoothly. I agree, getting the rubber hose on the front of the hard lines was a pain in the dick, I really had to muscle them on there. ATF acting as lube helped but I could only get them on 90% of the way. It was enough to get a solid seating of the clamp and no leaks, so good enough for me.

 

Installed mine today. (Setrab) Biggest pain in ass is the hoses connection to the hard lines.

 

Went on the maiden voyage today towing my setup. Trans cooler did its job really well. Did some surface street driving as a test, meaning constant acceleration to 40 and also sitting at red lights. Hottest I saw was TC temp of 215 and it quickly dropped back down to the pan temp of 190 once I started moving. I can definitely live with that. Trailer and tacoma weigh a combined 8,000 lbs.

 

Dressed in a new tuxedo, carrying a threadbare briefcase. Great stuff.

 

Should edit 'bulletproof' threadbare briefcase.

 

I found the temp check procedure for 2014+ using a jumper between 4-13 on the OBDll connector. Can anyone verify whether this procedure will work on a 2019 to place the trans. into temp check mode?

 

Got the Setrab installation done today. Fantastic kit. Hardest part was battling the lack of space in my garage. I did have to "shim" a few tires with 1/2" boards to get it level. It wasn't dead nuts, but it was just within the line. Hopefully that doesn't make a huge difference.

Also went "out of order" in steps. One could save some time by assembling the heat exchanger and bracket before hand.

Watch out for the heat deflectors around the cats. They're sharp buggers.

 

Here is my review of the results i got after the kit installed on a 530 mile trip
https://youtu.be/KGwOyHpkXp4

 

Excellent video and information!! Thanks

 

Thank you

 

Last testament post and then I’ll stop spamming the thread, but I had to report back after a proper trip.

800 miles round trip and PLENTY of hills once I got into PA, some were pretty steep and long. The highest temp I saw at any given point was a torque converter spike of 222 but as soon as I crested the hill, it swiftly dropped down to pan temp of ~195. I can’t even begin to imagine how hot my trans would have gotten without it.

If anyone tows anything and has a 19-21, I would say this kit is a necessity, not an option.