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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    My transmission is on its way to Dave Husek today!
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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    The update, I was told that these radiators trans coolers are larger than stock and need more fluid. the Transmission fluid was between the hash marks. The rebuilder told me to OVERFILL it right to the curve in the dipstick, around a 1/4 inch over full. Amazingly after doing that I got the...
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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    The trans was not on its way out, this car is a babied garaged 26000 original miles car. The car is not driven hard and the 12 miles I drove, 4 miles were 35mph and under and the other 8 miles were highway, didn't go over 70mph.
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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    I will look at all the lines again tomorrow for the third time, just to be on the safe side. I am not condemning the radiator , just stating that IMO its a good possibility that there is some sort of blockage in the trans cooler. I won't know for sure until I take it to a radiator specialist...
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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    The car is not being driven until its repaired. I am going to check the flow. The radiator is very high quality and looks factory, as it should for $539! But its not impossible a defective radiator could be produced, no matter how good the reputation of the company, nobody is perfect and the...
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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    i drove the car about 12 miles before the problems started to appear, and it did act fairly normal, but I guess the longer I drove it the more it heated up and the worse it became until I started losing gears.
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    transmission failure after installing new radiator?????

    Hello to everybody, I am new to the forum. I own a 1987 Grand National with 26000 original miles. The original radiator was leaking so I replaced with the Alradco radiator. (The transmission acted perfectly before this radiator was installed) The mechanic hooked up all the lines correctly...
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