Oil Cooler and Oil filter relocate

Wheeler454 said:

The small skinny on on the right has two lines that go to the side of the block. The bigger one on the left has two lines that go to the transmission. I'm pretty sure I can follow a line and tell where it goes. But hey, who knows, maybe I'm going blind... but thanks for the help.

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Everything I've ever seen (and most of it is from here) says the tall skinny cooler is a power steering cooler. The one I got from the yard last year had ATF in it, which I drained before leaving the yard. I didn't follow the lines to see where they attached, but the lines were both made with crimped fittings like in your picture.

Wheeler454 said:

The small skinny on on the right has two lines that go to the side of the block. The bigger one on the left has two lines that go to the transmission. I'm pretty sure I can follow a line and tell where it goes. But hey, who knows, maybe I'm going blind... but thanks for the help.

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If that skinny cooler truly is your engine oil cooler it would be the first I've heard of that. That is exactly what my ps cooler looks like and is located.

Maybe it's a mod by a previous owner?

This should settle any dispute..........

HotWheelsBurban said:

Everything I've ever seen (and most of it is from here) says the tall skinny cooler is a power steering cooler. The one I got from the yard last year had ATF in it, which I drained before leaving the yard. I didn't follow the lines to see where they attached, but the lines were both made with crimped fittings like in your picture.

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Someone had put ATF in the power steering reservoir,in an emergency it will work but not recommended.Years ago it was normal to use ATF,not any more.

That's what I figured....

I am working on this exact issue. I want to plug the cooler ports and use an adapter of some kind to send oil forward to a remote filter and cooler arrangement. I don't like the sideways filter adapter that spills oil all over the dshaft, and I don't like the leaky stock cooler lines. The redesign on the cooler and filter ports started with Gen 5 in 1990ish. It's a pretty good design, but the drawback is the internal passages require the goofy plastic 'cage' diverter on the cooler-out line to separate the hot and cool oil passages. I tried to mod the stock filter adapter, but that wouldn't lay out the lines as cleanly as I wanted. I bought a Canton adapter which is a great part, but again it doesn't send the oil lines forward along the pan as cleanly as I wanted. So... I just happen to be a Solidworks engineer, so I drew one up that does exactly what I want. I'm having 5 made out of aluminum right now, and the extras will be for sale at my cost, around $100 each. It has two 1/2 inch pipe thread ports, just far enough apart to easily get 1/2 to -8 or -10 AN male fittings on, or you could use hose barbs for rubber hose. I don't have an image here on my home computer, but I can post one on monday.

Here are two screen shots. It seems obvious to take the oil straight from the pump output and send it forward along the pan rail, but I could not find anything that did. The canton adapter swivels, but it had the oil lines reversed from mine, sending hot oil out on the far side port, return oil back in closest to the pan. That's not a big deal, but mine is cleaner and more direct, and specifically clears my custom header.

grampadirt said:

Someone had put ATF in the power steering reservoir,in an emergency it will work but not recommended.Years ago it was normal to use ATF,not any more.

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Dexron III is perfectly fine for power steering pumps. Even Redhead uses it in their gearbox.

xXxPARAGONxXx said:

Dexron III is perfectly fine for power steering pumps. Even Redhead uses it in their gearbox.

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Dodge calls for ATF for power steering fluid as well, using Saginaw pumps & boxes identical to ours. The B-series vans use the same gear box as my Express for example.