power steering fluid cooler.

[IDIoit]

ok i have a personal issue.

ford liked to use mass quantity's of hard line that i personally find no bueno.

looking at my truck today, i would like to delete the loop on the front cross member for the
power steering fluid.

i will also be running a hydroboost set up.

any of you run a fined type cooler here instead of the stock loop?

 

[laserjock]

I don't have much to offer but I do recall I think it was bike maker who had ran the PS through the AT cooler loop on the rad and it was a no-go. Fluid starvation issues I think. I was thinking of doing the same thing so I took note.

 

[no mufflers]

yes I have, in the proses of swapping motors in my plow truck, 79 f250, I used a power steering cooler from a 06 GMC 1500. it fit pretty good on the front cross member where the old lines were, and I plowed all winter with no problems.

 

[jhenegh]

I'm running a finned cooler. My truck had a small one (like 2"x8") when I got it. I now have put in the bigger the ford factory E4OD finned cooler for my power steering and a bigger trans cooler from a 7.3 superduty. Hanging a 800lb snow plow on the front makes the steering work hard. I've done close to 200 billed snowplowing (foreign to you CA guys, I know) hours, wiht a lot of it being slow speed parking lots, and more just driving with this setup and have no issues.

 

[FarmerFrank]

A finned tube type cooler is good, a plate type is not.

My farm truck has a Saginaw pump from a van and a used a tube type cooler. Thing steers amazing.

My bronco I used a transmission plate type cooler with 35's and a factory pump. Maybe 1500-2000 miles on that set up and the pump is about shot, hard steering at idle. That's just what my findings are, plate types don't flow enough.

 

[IDIoit]

yes I have, in the proses of swapping motors in my plow truck, 79 f250, I used a power steering cooler from a 06 GMC 1500. it fit pretty good on the front cross member where the old lines were, and I plowed all winter with no problems.

got a pic?

 

[icanfixall]

You may want to check out what Jaguar did for power steering fluid cooling on the V12 engines. They had a small finned cooler picking up air flow from the v belts. Odd place to pick up air flow but I guess it worked. they also has a fuel cooler too. It was run off the ac freon loop. I can't say that was a good idea because what is cooling when the ac system is turned off.

 

[riotwarrior]

ok i have a personal issue.

ford liked to use mass quantity's of hard line that i personally find no bueno.

looking at my truck today, i would like to delete the loop on the front cross member for the
power steering fluid.

i will also be running a hydroboost set up.

any of you run a fined type cooler here instead of the stock loop?

Tube and fin like factory old trucks etc.

Also since going all in...add a small spin on filter setup too to increase volume and clean fluid.

JM2CW

 

[Dieselcrawler]

I have tube coolers on both mine

 

[dunk]

Yes. It is necessary when running larger/wider tires or fluids overheats and the power steering fades. I use a big cheap tube and fin type on mine. Anything is better than that loop which gets caked in mud and rusts out.

 

[no mufflers]

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there she is. I run it all winter and do 25 to 30 driveways every storm.

 

[jhenegh]

And some more. Aluminum plate is trans, black tube/fin is steering. It used to be my trans cooler.

 

[OLDBULL8]

Ya might wanna look at this.
http://www.autozone.com/external-en...d=power+steering+oil+cooler&fromString=search

 

[chris142]

The stock tube on the cross member uses the whole cross member as a heat sinc.

 

[jaluhn83]

Disagree - there's no good thermal conductivity between the tube and crossmemeber - there's almost no conductivity since it's mounted on plastic spacers.