Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2009/3/15 1:00:49
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Ya, and so I ass-sumed that Kev's cooler was an auxiliary type-- in addition to the usual in-radiator kind.
Good info on trans coolers, though. Last time I had a failure it was not inside the radiator, but in a pressure line from the tank, an event that even an external cooler would be vulnerable to . You can about imagine the mess and smoke screen, but the trans (96 Dodge) wasn't hurt. Don't know how much pressure in those lines, but when da fitting goes, it goes BANG, and is not cheap to replace, either.
So tighten 'em tight!
I'll get off Kev's thread now.
I don't know what problems Packard might have had with the cooler in the radiator tank, but this method became the standard of the entire industry...
Ya, and so I ass-sumed that Kev's cooler was an auxiliary type-- in addition to the usual in-radiator kind.
Good info on trans coolers, though. Last time I had a failure it was not inside the radiator, but in a pressure line from the tank, an event that even an external cooler would be vulnerable to . You can about imagine the mess and smoke screen, but the trans (96 Dodge) wasn't hurt. Don't know how much pressure in those lines, but when da fitting goes, it goes BANG, and is not cheap to replace, either.
So tighten 'em tight!
I'll get off Kev's thread now.
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