ZacSquatch

Have some plans for hauling a 7500lbs + gear travel trailer cross country and back to Alaska. I plan on a lot of mountains and crossing the continental divide a half dozen times along the way.

What options do I have for a tranny cooler for my 5.0/6spd auto?

Feathermerchant

What year truck do you have? You can add all that stuff to your sig so we won't keep asking. Let us know which trailer tow package you have as well.
If it is 2011 - 2014 you have one in the radiator for sure and may have one in front of the rad as well. Look under the hood. It will be plainly visible on the drivers side.

PerryB

Typically you would cut the hard line coming OUT of the original cooler and tie your auxiliary cooler into that line. The trick is to have the right tool so you can put a bulb on the ends of the line that you cut, so the new hose doesn't push off. Most auxiliary cooler kits come with some generic mounting brackets that can be made to work with a little tweaking and trimming. If you don't have the flaring tool and/or the installation and mounting isn't your your thing, any transmission shop can install it easily, probably in the $250-300 range. For your Alaska trip, this would be an excellent idea.

P.S. -- I posted this under the assumption you are certain that the truck has only a light duty package with one cooler. It may well already have dual coolers in which case there's no reason to add anything else. If it doesn't have a tow package with dual coolers, it probably also has the little radiator, which should be upgraded as well.

Feathermerchant

If you have both the internal and external coolers, I cannot see you needing anything more.

w0lvez

If you already have Auxilary ATF Cooler, upgrade to a larger capacity
(+7 Quarts ATF) Tranny Pan that has internal & external thermal cooling fins

winchested

That will only help it stay cooler longer after the first start up Once it's over 195 it stays around 195-210*. These transmissions have a thermostatic valve in them designed to flow at 195*.

ZacSquatch

2013, it has a tow package, but I am not aware of there being a variety of them.

Regardless of what is on it from the factory, I want to add another.

Feathermerchant

Well there is a regular tow package and a max tow package. I have the regular on my truck (see signature) and it will tow 9,300 lb. Max tow with the ecoboost engine will tow 10,500. Even with the regular tow I think you'll be fine. The trans has a thermostat and you have a gauge. So if you watch he gauge you should be just fine.

If you really feel the need you can add to the one in front of the radiator. Do not expect to see any temperature reduction though because of the thermostat. It is like adding a bigger radiator. Unless you are overheating you will see no difference.

Krack499

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Idk if it'll fit the same way but I added a super duty trans cooler to my 99 for under $100 it fit perfectly in front of the radiator there should be a link in my signature if you're on the app I can get you a link

winchested

Unless you goto a unit with a dedicated electric fan on the cooler itself you will be doing nothing. IT HAS a THERMOSTAT! A