Thread: 34 going up on jack stands for a while

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Wow, that comment from 34-40 about just using a coil of copper tubing is provocative. Maybe that is the way (very)HOT Rodders can get away with it. The shop that installed my 700R4 was obsessive about heat damage to a 700R4 and I ended up with a line to the trans cooler in the bottom of my radiator in series with another passive cooler under the right front fender and the B&M trans thermometer gauge definitely stays cool but you dont have front fenders so the rear position seems like the best you can do. Even so the fact that some can just use a simple coil of copper tubing makes me wonder if I have been too cautious. However I am already on my secod 700R4 having lost the first to rusting during my long construction so I am not eager to try for a third in the near future. Still, the coil of copper tubing idea is worth remembering. Maybe 34-40 can let us know how long the 700R4 lasts with just a simple Cu-coil and a picture of that setup would be really interesting.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder