Yo Mex, How you holding out down south?

How about you show me this particular maneuver?

Mil gracias for the cooler advice. Vamos a Tru Cool

Tru-Cool transmission coolers are considered the best, on the truck forums I read. I got one.

For the laptop on bed, I rest mine on a pillow NEXT TO my stomach. Switch sides as needed. I don't like the weight on my tummy, either. Actually, I kind of tilt it so one corner rests on my hipbone, but that may require female hips :)

Yuk!
Now to find a reputable brand that would say whether or not their products are epoxied...

Welded aluminum, Mex. Not knowing much about these things, I have to rely on what I'm being told. The model was recommended by very reputable transmission shop. He said there are many coolers that are assembled on epoxy and fall apart when overheated.

I "could" angle a transmission cooler downward which would allow great airflow exiting under the engine and entirely missing passage through the air conditioner condenser and coolant radiator.

Not sure what "welded design means. As usual oblique "hucksterism" seems to prevail in the transmission cooler market as well, and everyone has "The Best" design. I sure would like authentic user comments and manufacturer brand recommendations. Headed south, the load is going to be heavy the air hot, and the hills steep. No such thing as "over-cooling" the transmission fluid, but the danged cooler has to fit a small size K car.

Accuweather = Inaccuweather. I prefer Sailflow.com

Being not an auto mechanic, I can't say about "external" transmission cooler but the very first thing I added when bought a used 2WD truck for trailer, was a "separate" transmission cooler. With hot weather and hilly terrain in mind. Welded design, not glued on epoxy like some other.

Don't discount people's interest to media players. With DVD now thing of the past and live TV becoming increasingly stupid as we grow older, collection of movies on external drive makes sense. As usual, nothing plays odd and/or new file formats better than a laptop with VLC soft player. I think people with hardware like Mikka, WDTV, Apple TV, Nvidia and other are either gamers or into streaming. Or don't know how to use anything that has more buttons than Play and Stop :)

Those forecasts are for NEXT WEEK. ConAgua, Accuweather, The Weather Channel all agree. I have seen 117F with 60% R/H in that ravine. All the locals abandoned ship and moved up onto the mesas.

Secondly. I can only wish I had anything but a 14" screen to "watch" movies on. I can see if the laptop lives up to it's name and sits on my stomach in bed, but that's horribly uncomfortable. Any further away is like watching a Drive in movie through a knot hole.

Moving onward to something of interest to more folks...

I wish my toad had a higher capacity radiator. Get this - it's a ONE SINGLE ROW tube job, and for the life of me, I cannot find a radiator with more capacity. The keeraap under hood makes fitting a bigger unit an impossible nightmare. On top of that I am wondering if AN EXTERNAL TRANSMISSION COOLER would make a huge difference in engine temperature? It's a 3.0 liter V6.

107-108 was last year. Should be a little cooler this La Nina year, though 100-102 in the afternoon is possible. Boy, what an ugly town St Rosa. With new mine it's now uglier yet.

What are you running your movies on - WDTV, or just from laptop and external drive?

Hey Almot, 2 July is the day I go to Sta Rosalia for medicines and shop. Couple these figures with 60 - 70% humidity and this is why I do not live there.

Sat
Jul 2
Very hot with a thunderstorm 108°Lo 87°

Sun
Jul 3
Very hot with a stray t-storm 108°Lo 87°

Mon
Jul 4
Mostly sunny and very hot 108°Lo 87°

Tue
Jul 5
Overcast, but very hot 107°Lo 85°

The ice snaps so hard I can feel it in the glass - ice tea - lemonade - sparkling water. Cardiologist told me if I drink alcohol, memorize the lyrics to "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Liver"

I clad the already incredibly thick Vestfrost units with an additional 4" of foam board. The freezer, all 18Cf of it uses 40-42 amp hours @ 24 volts on a 100+F day

The new ND A/C compressor for the toad is coming next week. Along with Jim's Megaflop, several dozens of movies on a portable hard drive. Other power supplies, a few hundred feet of shrink tubing, CREE lamps, lots of silicone wire for test leads, and one new ESR meter. Oh yeah, forgot the 3.5 mm stereo to mono jack adapter, four ounces of silver heatsink paste and a bunch more stuff.