Diptenkrom
Newbie
I have been planning on a trans cooler upgrade and have all the stuff to go forward with this now, as per this thread - https://www.gmt400.com/threads/how-to-factory-auxiliary-trans-cooler-upgrade.18104/
I have 1997 k1500 suburban with the 5.7.
I have a twist to add, and want opinions, as well as input, cause I have not been able to find what i was wanting.
I was thinking of either adding a petcock to the top of the cooler, to serve as an air bleeder, as well as a possible quick line drain system. it would have a barb fitting to put probably a 3/8" hose or so on it to drain off fluid as a change out maintenance interval thing every 3-4 oil changes push out a gallon of fluid and change it out. it would never get old and worn out this way, and be much simpler and cleaner of a process than any other method I have seen.
The other thought I had would not help in bleeding off the possible trapped air, but could still be used as a drain and fill, would be an inline drain valve. similar to what you would see in a large radiator hose at the bottom to get rid of the most fluid in an easy to get to spot. This is obviously for routine maintenance, and probably going to get some negative feedback here on this, but I am looking for a way to make this easy, as transmissions are not cheap, but fluid is (relatively).
What I am really looking for is a way to put a fitting on the cooler and have it seal with a hose fitting for draining first and foremost.
I have 1997 k1500 suburban with the 5.7.
I have a twist to add, and want opinions, as well as input, cause I have not been able to find what i was wanting.
I was thinking of either adding a petcock to the top of the cooler, to serve as an air bleeder, as well as a possible quick line drain system. it would have a barb fitting to put probably a 3/8" hose or so on it to drain off fluid as a change out maintenance interval thing every 3-4 oil changes push out a gallon of fluid and change it out. it would never get old and worn out this way, and be much simpler and cleaner of a process than any other method I have seen.
The other thought I had would not help in bleeding off the possible trapped air, but could still be used as a drain and fill, would be an inline drain valve. similar to what you would see in a large radiator hose at the bottom to get rid of the most fluid in an easy to get to spot. This is obviously for routine maintenance, and probably going to get some negative feedback here on this, but I am looking for a way to make this easy, as transmissions are not cheap, but fluid is (relatively).
What I am really looking for is a way to put a fitting on the cooler and have it seal with a hose fitting for draining first and foremost.