hadley000
Registered User
I have to replace the original heater hoses, and I want to get rid of the heater hose to the radiator. I personally don't see much advantage to keeping the hose with such a small orifice in the fitting to the radiator and having an auxiliary trans cooler but I've been wrong many times before. My questions are, is the hose really needed? How much longer would it take to get the trans up to temp so the converter will lock up? Will taking longer to heat up hurt the trans? Right now it takes about 5 miles in 10 deg temps to lock up, and up to 10 miles when below zero if I don't let it warm up much before taking off. I'm running full synthetic fluid, if that matters.