RickJames Bish

I did a search and some reading but not finding exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a particular cooler for the trans that is chosen over others ? Or if anyone has installed one they feel installed very easily and is performing well. There are so many out there.

zrace

Are you looking for an OEM upgrade, or aftermarket?

RickJames Bish

Least expensive, which I'm guessing is aftermarket but also want one that comes with everything needed and has easy install. I don't want to be hunting around for fittings, etc.

zrace

You could always scavenge your local yard/craigslist for a part out with the tow package & get everything you need.

Looking on here in the classifieds would be a great start also...

2000CHERO

I installed a new B&M a year ago which I like. Came with everything you need to install. Found a stacked plate cooler off a ford truck at the JY one day and installed it on my brothers jeep. Pretty sure it was a B&M as well as it looked exactly the same as mine down to the markings(no part numbers on it though).

Helped a friend install a brand new Hayden. Wasn't impressed at all. Maybe it was the model he got (tube and fin) but it came with the bare minimum to mount it, and damaged easy. Also didn't have holes around the edge to mount like the B&M's do, so you were kind of stuck using the provided zip tie things that go through the condenser/radiator.

For the $50/60 the B&M kit is, just get it. Go to advance auto online and check out with one of the dozens of coupon codes they have floating around..what I did.

ehall

Stacked plate is the most effective. Tube and fin is the least effective (but still better than nothing). You can find lots of tube and fin at the junkyards. If you buy a stacked plate (they are cheap), the B&M has a viscosity filter that prevents cold fluid from entering. You can also buy temperature bypass valves (ebay etc) that will block fluid from entering until it reaches a threshold temperature.

SteveMongr

Now I'm curious. What happens to the transmission pump and fluid, if fluid is not permitted to flow? I thought the B&M allows cold fluid to pass through to outlet without traveling though the plates, until fluid warms up.

I also prefer stacked plate design, especially if it is going up front in the radiator. More durable than the tube & fin.

ehall

Same thing that happens to the water pump when thermostat is closed... nothing. All energy is just path of least resistance, sometimes staying right here is the easiest thing to do

2000CHERO

So there's no transmission fluid flowing? I'm confused haha..

toasterknight

There would be limited flow. The trans doesn't need flow to function it needs pressure. It needs flow and pressure to function and keep itself cool.

cleenrob

if your thinking about getting a cooler for the PS fluid some day you may want to consider a dual circuit cooler

XJlimitedx99

B&M 70268

toasterknight

All this talk of better cooling makes me wonder. Does it matter if there is a gap between the trans cooler and rad or should they be on too of each other.

Dead nutz

I installed Derale 15800 remote cooler installed under jeep hidden away comes with fan installed switch works great and it's not up front in the way of Ac and radiator it's hard enough to keep these things cool without everything in the way

SteveMongr

The B&M transmission cooler does flow cold fluid. This feature is on their transmission coolers only.
From their website:
" ‘LPD’ or Low Pressure Drop
feature includes two bypass
channels nearest the fittings
to allow fluid to flow freely
especially when cold to
prevent lube system failure."
B&M suggests an air gap between any cooler, and radiator/condenser.