Derale 52506 transmission cooler w/hardware *SOLD*

Up for sale is a new, never used Derale 52506 transmission cooler with mounting brackets and the AN fittings. If you have ever monitored your transmission temps, you'll know the the OEM cooler is often inadequate for keeping transmission fluid temperatures down; on a recent trip to Moab I observed 220 degrees heading up a dirt road into camp, and those are the kinds of temperatures that will cause transmission fluid to lose its effectiveness and lead to premature transmission death. Not ideal by any means.

The Derale 52506 is a 25 row stacked plate cooler and is just about the biggest you can stuff in the front end of a 2nd gen Tacoma. If this doesn't bring down transmission temps, nothing will. The mounts were designed by me to attach the cooler in the place of either the horns, or on the opposite side with nutserts and M8 hardware. If the horns are relocated and the horn holes are used, only the two lower holes need to be drilled and the OEM hoses should be long enough to reach the cooler. The only hardware that does not come with this kit are the M8 bolts to attach it, and the stand offs required to prevent interference with the hood latch shield.

Mock-up shows the mounts *should* work, but I never got around to installing this for real. The price does not reflect the cost of the mounts, consider yourself a guinea pig in the matter, if they work, score you got em for free! If not, please let me know so I can make changes to the design. They are currently 1/8" 5052 aluminum that was laser cut and CNC broke. Al is currently raw, but can be powder coated or anodized if desired. To my knowledge this is the only kit out there that will cleanly mount the cooler with the heinous conglomeration of universal fit kits.

*SOLD*

CAD rendering of the package. Ignore the rudimentary radiator support cross members, they are only there for visualization purpose. 4 tabs pictured at the corners were removed in the final version.

Untitled by Tim Souza, on Flickr

And it all in real life.

Untitled by Tim Souza, on Flickr

Untitled by Tim Souza, on Flickr

 

Shipping cost to 18045??

 

$15. Anything over that would be on me.

 

Any further info on how this installed?

 

This one is sold, but the general rundown of installation looks like this:

There are two options for install. The first is to relocate the horns and bolt this up in it's place, the second is to locate it on the other side of the radiator support that is currently open space. With the first option, it should bolt right in and the OEM transmission cooler hoses should be long enough to reach the Derale cooler. Two holes need to be drilled in the lower radiator support for either rivnuts, or to through bolt M8 hardware. With the second option, you'll have to replace the soft lines with some longer ones to reach over to the passenger side and drill 4 holes, again with rivnuts or through bolted.

 

Hi Adventurous any chance you would consider making a couple more of those sweet brackets?

Cheers Cord

 

X2

 

Who ever bought it, can you post pictures of the cooler installed?

 

If there's enough interest, I might be able to get some more sets made. The first few were made as a favor, so I'm not sure how much they would cost if shop were to make them. If anyone has a hookup with a metal fabricator that has access to a waterjet or CNC plasma and a press brake, I have the Solidworks files handy.

He isn't very active on the forums, but if I receive pictures I will bump this post.

 

Cool, the setup looks good.

 

I got the setup that Adventurous sold, it isn't installed yet. Very nice piece though! I am waiting for my CSF radiator to do it all at the same time as well as a full trans flush and a RatioTek HD valve body upgrade. Need a time machine or a clone... got too many irons in the fire...