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Hello Jack, I see you have a 350 but I thought you had a big block a while back? I still have a box in my garage with your address from when you sent me a stack-type trans cooler. Anyway I am surprised you say it is difficult to have a trans cooler in the radiator? I have a Walker (copper) radiator that came with a trans cooler in the bottom. I went through an argumentative experience with a transmission shop that repaired my first 700R4 after I left it dry for 5 years and the valves rusted up. That shop would not guarantee the replacement trans they installed unless I had extra trans cooling so they hooked up my under-fender cooler in series with the bottom part of the Walker radiator. I would guess the 1934 style radiator is bigger than the 1929 radiator so you might not have as much of a problem as I had. I now have dual 1650 cfm fans on the radiator with one on all the time and the second on controlled by a thermostat. This set up necessitated an electric water pump. I really did not want an electric water pump and that is where the situation developed that in order to get my car out of that shop I had to let them do it their way! Anyway I have run all summer since then without overheating so the complicated set up they installed does work. Maybe you could check with Walker Radiators about a trans cooler in the radiator but that still does not answer whether your single puller fan can cool both the radiator and the A/C exchanger. I am glad I was able to test my cooling setup in the hottest July days and now in cooler weather it runs fine. If your present fan set up runs at 165 F as you say that is a good sign but cross your fingers and you really won't know until next July whether you can run the A/C. I think my temp gauge reads high because an IR thermometer reads some 15 F lower at the top of the radiator and it gets up to 215 on my gauge in July with a 17 psi radiator cap but yesterday I took a 63 mile run up to Bowling Green (Va) and back and the gauge never went over 200F. The catch can seems to behave OK so I think my gauge just reads high using 50/50 Prestone. So other than to just renew conversation after almost five years all I am saying is that you should check out the Walker radiators although a new one may be in the $650 range.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by Don Shillady

I really did not want an electric water pump and that is where the situation developed that in order to get my car out of that shop I had to let them do it their way!

Nobody can hold you or your vehicle hostage!

Next time this happens, call the Sherif and see how fast you get your car back! There are State agencies to prevent these type of business practices! Such behavior by professionals irritates the heck out of me! And, it is NOT too late to file a complaint against their business license. You should know and approve of what you are getting before anybody starts the work. Yes, sometimes there are hidden damages/additional repairs, but you always have the final say. The worst they can do is tell you no they can not do the work. THEY CAN NOT hold you hostage for extra work/expenses!!!!

Now, ask me how I really feel about it.

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