Hydro assist on the cheap

[FatAzzRunner]

Thanks man.  I appreciate your assistance on this. 

[KYOTA]

heres the fittings for push on hose
http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?Ntt=an+fittings&searchinresults=false&Ntk=KeywordSearch&DDS=1&N=115&target=egnsearch.asp

[KYOTA]

Thanks man.  I appreciate your assistance on this. 

my hydro assistance? 

[KYOTA]

I just realized your cooler is 1/2", thats going to be big for the lines, you may want to get some 1/2 to 3/8" bushings match your hose size better. 

[FatAzzRunner]

my hydro assistance? 

 

Yeah, I will get on that Summit site and see if I can find some 1/2 to 3/8 reducer type stuff.

[FatAzzRunner]

Well, I just got off the phone with Summit and they SAY they dont have anything that goes from 1/2" NPT to either 3/8 or 1/4" barb so I guess I will wait for my junk to come in and then go buy the fittings at a hardware store.

[freds40]

You should be able to find 1/2-3/8 bushing and then run a 3/8 npt/3/8 barbed @ a hardware or even auto parts store. If you were local, I'd have just the kick a$$ hardware store to send ya to.

[FatAzzRunner]

Is this basically what your talking about on the 1/2 to 3/8 bushing??

I can find these with no problems.



If so, now I understand what your saying and then I would screw a barbed NPT connector into it.

[KYOTA]

 

[KYOTA]

disregard my Summit link,thats for AN  .like  freds40 said you should be able to find NPT local easy enough.

[FatAzzRunner]

Yeah, I can find it locally with no problems.  I just wanted to make sure I was getting the right stuff before I went to get it.

Good, I am set up now and will have all my hydro parts in 5 days.    

[freds40]

Good. I expect it to be up and functioning in 6 days then. 

[FatAzzRunner]

    

Aint Hattnin!!  I got a ton-o-other stuff to do and........................................................heck, it wont even be here for 5 days.   

[FatAzzRunner]

Well, I got my hydro parts in today and I thought that since the hydro cooler that was suggested in this thread is what I ended up ordering that I would post a pic of it to show you guys how BIG it is.      I had no idea it was REALLY that big.  I guess I can mount it on the inside of my fender well?       I havent been out to test fit it yet but I dont think it will fit in front of my radiator.

Anyway, The MARLIN CRAWLER sticker that is posted with it is the 12" sticker just for a width reference.

I measured it.  It is 1' 4" wide and 3" thick. 

[Willy Mammoth]

WOW, I used a single row trans cooler from Autozone and it works fine. Doesn't take up much room either.

Still you are going to enjoy this, now get busy.

[freds40]

Man that will definately up your systems capacity. 

[Willy Mammoth]

Better get a bigger reservoir.  One about the size of a coffee can should do.

[Tice]

Better get a bigger reservoir. One about the size of a coffee can should do.

Coffee can?? I was thinking a five gallon paint bucket!!!!

[FatAzzRunner]

Now, I had read somewhere that if you increase the size of your capacity by getting a cooler that you WOULDNT have to increase the reservior.   Is this not true?  I dont want to keep having to buy parts and buy parts and buy parts to get this right.  Should I send this thing back and just pick up some kind of a tranny cooler that is thinner and taller that can be squeezed in between my radiator and grill or just keep this. 

Its obvious I am a retard but I am serious, I dont want to have to keep screwin with this. 

If I have to I guess I can get a new res. or split mine and weld a piece of pipe in between to make it taller.

[KYOTA]

it all depends, some can get away with the extra cap of the cooler alone but myself I had to ad a larger reservoir. Plumb it up, bleed it out and let the pump tell you if you need the bigger res. (whining) On the size of the cooler, the bigger the better, you mean to tell me you can build an entire truck but your going to let a fat little cooler stop you? 

[FatAzzRunner]

it all depends, some can get away with the extra cap of the cooler alone but myself I had to ad a larger reservoir. Plumb it up, bleed it out and let the pump tell you if you need the bigger res. (whining) On the size of the cooler, the bigger the better, you mean to tell me you can build an entire truck but your going to let a fat little cooler stop you? 

Ahhhh man, you just had to bust on me huh.      I know, I was just thinkin, which is obviously dangerous for me.  I am gonna do some searching and try to pick up a spare res.  I am almost sure I will need it. I can always use a spare if I dont need it.

[freds40]

Some do need the bigger res. on my setup, I got away with the large tranny cooler and nothing else. I'd guess that with the size of that thing, you won't need a larger res. but you never know.

[yoderboy]

 All the info I have seen on this mod says not to drill to deep into the top of the box, but nowhere I have looked said just how deep to drill. Just for future reference for others the bottom of the vain your after is no more than 5/8 to 11/16 deep, any deeper than that and you screwed up. If i had not used a smaller pilot bit I would have known I went to far, but when I used the smaller bit I drilled right pass the right side of the vain I was looking for and into the box. Oh well off to find another box to try again.

[Willy Mammoth]

Can you drill the hole bigger into the first galley and then tap the smaller hole for a small Allen plug? You could JB weld the Allen plug in place then tap for the fitting?

So long as you didn't do any damage to the inner workings of the box you maybe allright.   


    Next time drill with a bit one or two sizes smaller than the one you need to use for the tap.

[yoderboy]

I started with an 1/8" drill bit , what happened was I that instead of hitting the center I driilled to the side of the vain and never saw it with the little bit. This was my first time and I thought I hit the right place, but when I drilled it out again with the 7/16" bit I found the vain I was looking for and it was to late. I would have to look again but I don't think there is enough room to put in a plug, do you think JB Weld or epoxy would work? I have heard that the pressure gets up to 900psi. with the restrictor drilled out. I know where there is two more boxes I can get cheap, maybe free. But I do hate messing that one up, I would be done by now.

[FatAzzRunner]

CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant find a single place to put this cooler.  IT IS HUGE!!!  I will most likely have to send it back or mount it under my hood on the bottom side of the hood.  It will not fit anywhere in the engine bay that I can find other than on the bottom side of the hood and it dang sure wont squeeze anywhere near the radiator.        

Oh well, I will try a few more things when time lets me but for now I dont see how it will work.

[tj40ounce]

Very informative.  Thanks!

[Willy Mammoth]

I started with an 1/8" drill bit , what happened was I that instead of hitting the center I driilled to the side of the vain and never saw it with the little bit. This was my first time and I thought I hit the right place, but when I drilled it out again with the 7/16" bit I found the vain I was looking for and it was to late. I would have to look again but I don't think there is enough room to put in a plug, do you think JB Weld or epoxy would work? I have heard that the pressure gets up to 900psi. with the restrictor drilled out. I know where there is two more boxes I can get cheap, maybe free. But I do hate messing that one up, I would be done by now.

That's why you don't want to use a small bit. The bigger bit would have hit the hole and you would have seen it.

No JB Weld will not hold all by it's self. You would need a tapped plug.

Any questions about it, then get another box.


FAR, Just send that cooler back and get a trans cooler. Much easier to install and will work fine.

Mine works fine and I have a hydro winch too.

[freds40]

CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant find a single place to put this cooler.  IT IS HUGE!!!  I will most likely have to send it back or mount it under my hood on the bottom side of the hood.  It will not fit anywhere in the engine bay that I can find other than on the bottom side of the hood and it dang sure wont squeeze anywhere near the radiator.        

Oh well, I will try a few more things when time lets me but for now I dont see how it will work.

What about mounting it on your frame rail. Maybe even as far back as the t-case crossmember so it would be shielded by the skid plate? You'd add a ton more volume to the system, more than likely eliminating the need for a larger res, and you wouldn't clutter up your engine bay any more.

[FatAzzRunner]

yeah, I work 3rd shift and have been sitting here all night long thinking of where I could run this thing from and that is one of the options I was thinkin of.  I have to get a chance to get out to my rig and crawl under it and start test fitting it in a few other spots.  Its big enough, maybe I will just use it as my center console/arm rest and see how that works.