If any of the vendors here have one of the upgraded trans coolers (suncoast,ppe) for an 06 LBZ in stock,in your hands give me a pm. I haven't been able to find anyone with them in stock.
06 LBZ upgraded trans cooler
- Thread starter jettech
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Talked to Ron from Suncoast today and he said these are at least 2 months out on availability. The older coolers had the lines go straight up to the bottom of the cooler, the 06 and on have the lines go in directly from the front, 90 degrees different from the old ones, and thats the issue. He gave me a tip to try with the stock cooler that he said he had good results with. The way the stock cooler is mounted the lines are at the top of the cooler and the cooler sits behind the bumper area, you can take the cooler and flip it 180 degrees so the lines are at the bottom. This raises the cooler into the more open airflow behind the grill area. You need to fab some new straps to anchor it in place also.
I finally got to tow with the cooler in the new "flipped" location. It was pretty much flat terrain, outside air temp was 84 degrees, trans temp never went above 170, most of the time it was 160-165. Result was, I got the temps towing that I used to get unloaded before, I'm very happy with that.