Transmission Cooler
 

One of the previous owners of my car had cut the lines to the stock tranny cooler, and rerouted the lines to a small auxilliary cooler that's mounted in front of the radiator. I am assuming the stock one must have leaked. My question is do you think this cooler will be as efficient as the stock one, or should I try and figure out if the stock one is useable? If it does leak, is it possible to just replace the cooler, or does the whole radiator need replaced?

RE: Transmission Cooler
 

If the stock cooler leaks the entire radiator will need to be replaced.

RE: Transmission Cooler
 

Sounds to me like he just added an auxillary cooler.

RE: Transmission Cooler
 

That's exactly what this person did, but I am wondering if an auxillary cooler is enough to be the only cooler for the fluid. I flushed the tranny fluid today, and it looked like coffee. I think I'll wait and flush it again in 1,000 miles and see what it looks like then. If it's still black then I think I'll go ahead and replace the whole radiator.

RE: Transmission Cooler
 

That cooler should be fine for the cooling.