Anyone hooked up an oil cooler?

[Hauntd ca3]

If you're keen for getting you hands dirty.
Next time you have the g/box have a machine shop drill and tap a hole near the bottom of the box and have the filler plug done likewise.
Use an electric pump rated for a thick/ hot oil to suck the oil out the bottom hole, push it thru a cooler and back in the hollowed out filler plug.
Just make sure the cooler aint to big.
Dont want the oil to cold or it'll just be a bitch to shift.
Done same mod on 4wd turbo mazda familia's and seems to make they're weak arse g/boxs last better

[2oodoor]

With any oil or tranny cooler you have to be careful about fittings/orifices and the sort because you do not want to agitate the oil or fluid as it will cause foaming. Careful inspections and some driving experiments are probably a good thing to do when doing a design build type oil cooler.
I have seen some later model trannys that have heat sink or heat disipating structure designed onto the case,

[Hauntd ca3]

The oil will foam anyway being thrown around by the gears.
And most oils have an anti foaming agent which helps it stay under control.
have heard of people over filling the box but yuo run the risk of having it
hydraulic . As silly as it sounds it happens. There will be a way of doing it though.
The important thing if you do get a cooler working is that the temp isnt
to low.

[lostforawhile]

The oil will foam anyway being thrown around by the gears.
And most oils have an anti foaming agent which helps it stay under control.
have heard of people over filling the box but yuo run the risk of having it
hydraulic . As silly as it sounds it happens. There will be a way of doing it though.
The important thing if you do get a cooler working is that the temp isnt
to low.

the only thing that will happen to a manual box if you over fill it,is oil will leak out the drive shaft seals. it's just gears in there and the shifting mechanism. there is nothing to hydrolock. if the gears were completly submerged in oil,they would work exactly the same. i thought about the pump trick too,but all you have to do is drill and tap for a thermal activated switch. when the oil reaches a certain temp,the pump turns on. then when it cools off, thwe pump turns off. if i knew what the threads were for the fill and drain plugs, i could machine adaptors that screw into them. you would need to install a temp gauge ,so you could get a baseline for what normal operating temp is. i'm sure honda knows,but they aren't sharing the info.

[2oodoor]

The oil will foam anyway being thrown around by the gears.
And most oils have an anti foaming agent which helps it stay under control.
have heard of people over filling the box but yuo run the risk of having it
hydraulic . As silly as it sounds it happens. There will be a way of doing it though.
The important thing if you do get a cooler working is that the temp isnt
to low.

no kidding

[mdauriemma]

I'm resurrecting the thread here to add additional info. It was stated above that trans coolers could not be used as oil coolers; let me add on to that-- units labeled 'Transmission/ Oil cooler' are an even bigger no-no for the oil system.

I just installed my Transdapt 1158 filter relocation kit with additional ss braided oil line and a trans/oil cooler I bought some time ago from a mom & pop shop. The oil light wasn't turning off after 5 seconds so I shut off the engine. I used the search feature & found this thread & realized that the cooler may be garbage. Bypassed it & no more oil light; purrs like a kitten. I will order a real OIL cooler now.
Thanks guys!