My 1995 Bonneville SE came from the factory with a power steering cooler under the car on the right side. It is rusted out. A dealership parts counter salesperson told me the only thing available is the cooler and hose assemble for $170. The part number is 26044069. Autozone claims they can special order a cooler for $20 but cannot provide any details such as size and whether not it will will mount to the factory location. They said a mounting kit is listed separately but they do not have it in stock and it sounded like they were not sure if I needed it for the Bonneville. The cooler is from Compressor Works. It is part number 911009.

The size of the original cooler is 5" by 2 & 1/8" by 1 & 1/8". It is a two pass cooler.

I am looking for advice on where to find the part and information on installing a replacement. I assume I can use hose clamps because it is on the return--low pressure side. I assume I may need to cut the original hose off above the original clamps. I would like to keep the original hoses on the car.

The Perma-Cool model 1001/1002 with barbed 3/8" ends found here may work.

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One possibility is a junkyard..there'* tons of coolers in caddys mounted right up front behind the grill. Most likely they swap right over. Caddy'* use the same transmission coolers as well.

Another is to get that cooler and pull the brackets off the old one to rig it up.

I'd go to a wrecker also. I know from experience that the Buick LeSabre has the same cooler. There are MILLIONS of H bodies in the yards.

I called a few but they said they did not have any coolers for it. One said no so fast I am not sure he actually looked it up. I think it is not a commonly requested part that is worth enough for them to save and list in the computer. I am afraid they would charge too much for a part that is already very rusty. Any underbody parts on older Bonnevilles where salt is used on the roads are going to be very rusty. NAPA has a universal replacement part in stock with hoses and clamps for $36 that I think I will buy today.

It may be that they don't want to seperate it from the rack. Or they don't know what you're talking about. Good luck.

This is the reason why I go to the U pull it'*. It'* a small insignificant part to them. They have no idea about it except it'* in the way when they are torching stuff.

I second that. The U Pull It yards here are filled with H-bodies and they have little interest in anything other than the big money parts, like superchargers. Even up north, there should be some with unrusted coolers on them, IMO...