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    WTB: Old style AT can holder

    I'll post to take two of the old Scepter style holders if that'll help set the wheels in motion. Aluminum, steel or stainless are all fine by me. Thanks Martyn!
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    So many to choose from.

    What tips the scales for me is availability. Mobil 1 is easy to grab at several locations in my relatively small town. If Amsoil was available locally at my convenience, I might give it a try, but it's not so I don't.
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    Got to thinking: Auto Trans Coolers

    From what I've read, the new '05+ Tacomas don't use a dipstick. I'd imagine there's at least a few other Toyota models without a dipstick also. We have a 1998 Oldsmobile for a daily driver and it is sans dipstick as well. Gotta jack the thing up in the air or put it on a lift and unscrew a plug...
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    Got to thinking: Auto Trans Coolers

    Not quite sure why one would not account for the torque converter when figuring efficiencies of auxiliary coolers, unless one was running a Clutch-Flite, Turbo-Clutch or something similar. But that stuff is old school tech for the drag strip and most of those guys didn't run any coolers at all...
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    Got to thinking: Auto Trans Coolers

    An aspect overlooked with the cooler in series after the radiator is that the total system temp for the ATF is lowered, reducing the ATF temp that enters the radiator as well. If one is worried about the heat dump to the radiator from the ATF causing the engine to overheat, the cooling system is...
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    Got to thinking: Auto Trans Coolers

    There's a fifth option as well for routing the cooler. Run the cooler in parallel with the stock cooler in the radiator. I've never done it but about 10 years or so ago, I read an article in the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association monthly magazine about it. I don't remember all the...
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