Went without air after the H/C swap for about two years. In the mean time I had a trans temp gauage installed. Anyways the trans temp stayed at about 180 until I had the air recharged and working. Now with the air on the trans temp is more like 200 degrees. Is that normal? I have a B&M trans cooler, and I was wondering if they sell a kit to mount a fan on it? Or do I have to buy a whole new set-up. I noticed they sell one that looks like mine with a fan that is thermostatically controlled. Anyone use one of these and how hard is it to wire up? Thanks in advance.

 

The transmission temperature will go up because of the heat from the condenser.

 

yup, the condensor is mounted in front of the rad/trans cooler and therefore when your a/c is on you are seeing higher temps. 200 is still nothing to be concerned with.

 

I just installed one of B&M's fan coolers on my car Saturday. Its a very tight fit. I eneded up removing the washer fluid bottle, cutting out the support from the hood latch that goes down to the lower rad saddle. Then pushed the plastic air deflector up as high as it would go and mounted the cooler in there. Wiring is the simple part. I converted from M6 and don't have the cooler in the rad thats why I went with that cooler.