I have a 1977 ford 250 and my transmission inter cooler is leaking ?

Question

Should I replace it or just bypass it

Answer 1

I assume your talking about the trans cooler inside the radiator. You can take the radiator to a radiator shop and have the tank replaced. Buy new a new radiator or a good used one. Or you could bypass it by put a external cooler in front of the radiator. But not a good idea not to have some kind of cooler on the trans.

Answer 2

Best to replace the radiator if your tranny lines run to the bottom of the radiator or take the radiator to a radiator shop and let them look at it to see if it can be fixed, if it's an old radiator I would just replace it.

Answer 3

If you have an innercooler you have a turbo, that means a part spinning at up to 75,000 rpm will be left with hot oil or no oil, hmmmmmm, up to you but I've seen what happens to an engine that scatters a turbo, the engine becomes a boat anchor in seconds.