How do I go about putting a tranny cooler on an 01 cl sport aoto. pics would be helpful but any advice really. Thanks

 

You connect into ATF return pipe. Locate ATF return filter - rougly located on the top of transmission -about foot under intake pipe. At the end of the filter you will see metal pipe that goes to the back. Just follow it to the back and you will get into rubber extension pipe. With your cooler you splice right into that pipe. I led my hoses one under tranny and one over it

 

thinking of doing this myself does it help life span on the autos?

 

should cause the tranny won't get as hot. won't hurt it though
btw: i have one on my 03tls and after some normal driving (like commuting)(or errands) you CANNOT hold your hand on the cooler for more then like 2 seconds just imagine with sprinted driving
also while you are doing it, it does not hurt to change the filter at the same time(expensive little suckers though)

 

also that pipe leading back will proably tee off (if the tsb for the 2nd gear cooler was done, which it proably has been)with the tee going to the 2nd gear cooler, the straight one is the one you want to tap into cause that is the main return
and i ran my hoses around the side, whatever way you do go, make ABSOLUTLY sure that the hoses cannot rub through or otherwise you WILL be BUYING a new tranny

 

Does anyone have pictures of the mod?