Carl K
Member
I'm slowly getting around to configuring my 1965 New Yorker as a tow vehicle. I searched the forums but only found one transmission cooler installation- bluefury361's installation of a factory cooler. I didn't have a factory cooler to work with, so I bought a new Derale 13504 fin and plate cooler.
I didn't want to attach the cooler using those stupid straps that push thru the radiator, so I made a couple of brackets that picked up existing holes. Above you see a bracket with nutplate that mounts on the hood latch post and shares a hole with the clamp for the power steering cooler.
The other side is supported by a zee bracket that shares the two holes that hold the AC dryer.
Both use nutplates so the cooler can be slotted in from above and screws installed with a screwdriver through the grille (no grille removal).
I followed the factory setup and installed the aux. cooler after the radiator. I cut one of the hard lines and re-routed the two ends. Flaring the line in-situ wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but it worked out in the end.
Here are the two hard lines I bent from 5/16 fuel line I found at the local FLAPS. They both go up and over the radiator core support, like the factory did. I used an existing hole at the top of the core support, just adjacent to the clamp for the AC liquid line. I also made a bracket that shares one of the radiator attachment bolt holes.
I didn't want to attach the cooler using those stupid straps that push thru the radiator, so I made a couple of brackets that picked up existing holes. Above you see a bracket with nutplate that mounts on the hood latch post and shares a hole with the clamp for the power steering cooler.
The other side is supported by a zee bracket that shares the two holes that hold the AC dryer.
Both use nutplates so the cooler can be slotted in from above and screws installed with a screwdriver through the grille (no grille removal).
I followed the factory setup and installed the aux. cooler after the radiator. I cut one of the hard lines and re-routed the two ends. Flaring the line in-situ wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but it worked out in the end.
Here are the two hard lines I bent from 5/16 fuel line I found at the local FLAPS. They both go up and over the radiator core support, like the factory did. I used an existing hole at the top of the core support, just adjacent to the clamp for the AC liquid line. I also made a bracket that shares one of the radiator attachment bolt holes.
