Originally Posted By: Brick B-Body
The units with the combined transmission and power steering coolers also have a thermostat for the trans circuit, right? Hard to tell in the pictures I've seen, how is the transmission fluid routed? Which port is "IN" and which port is "OUT"?
Does Ford also run a radiator in-tank cooler in series for the transmission cooler on these cars?
Yes, they have a thermostat. Bottom is inlet, top is outlet.
No, they dont run a in-tank cooler in series with them. On the 92-97 panthers they DID have an in-tank cooler and only had an external OTA cooler if optioned such as the police or tow package.
I was going to replace mine when I smoked my trans, but couldn't get one that was in good shape. Ended up pulling the thermostat out and draining it as best I could, then filling it with flush chemical and then letting it drain again all night.
I only did that because I have the Racor transmission filter kit which has a nominal filtering of 8 micron. Its in series post cooler so anything left would've gotten captured in it.