Transmission lines for A500 42RH

Either that, or it could be since they were being used in pickups and vans that chrysler anticipated that people were going to load them down and tow stuff with them. This is not normally so with a passenger car from that same timeframe.

If I had to guess , the 3/8" is to slow down fluid velocity so it stays in the trans cooler part of the radiator a little longer. I will be adding an auxilliary transmission cooler to this setup anyways.

Any other thoughts?
Matt

Hey Matt.
I used 1/4 npt to 3/8 compression fittings in both the trans and radiator, then ran all new 3/8 steel line.
Simplified things nicely.
One other small detail is that I ran the lines along the front frame rail behind the steering box from the headers instead of picking up all the heat off the motor along the route to the front like the factory routing.