Get down on your knees knave! (always wanted to have something to use that
phrase with, employees I dont think would find the humour in it) Look below
bumper and you will see the location of the two vents for the oil coolers
air intake. Looking up from behind the valance you will see two large holes
for the hoses to fit to and four holes for the oil cooler to bolt up to.
Good hunting.
Regards,
Jon Nyhus
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Ray <danray@bluegrass.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>; John Steczkowski
<stecz@pswtech.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 3:56 PM
Subject: Location of oil cooler on MGB
>John:
>I went to eyeball my '73 to make sure. The cooler is mounted about 6 inches
>forward and center of the radiator, with two bolts an inch apart on each
>side. The bolts go directly into the "cowling".
>It may be possible that some DPO covered over those four holes with bondo
or
>solder!
>Or...is it possible that the '75's cooler was located elsewhere due to the
>Rubber Bumper???
>Dan
>'73 B
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Steczkowski <stecz@pswtech.com>
>To: Dan Ray <danray@bluegrass.net>
>Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 11:50 AM
>Subject: RE: oil cooler on MGB
>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dan Ray [mailto:danray@bluegrass.net]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 12:46 PM
>>> To: John Steczkowski
>>> Subject: Re: oil cooler on MGB
>>>
>>>
>>> The cooler goes center, behind the grill, closer to the grill than the
>>> radiator, and probably right where you noticed those captive nuts, since
>>> your car DID have a cooler at one time.
>>
>>The captive nuts I saw are nearly horizontal, such that there would need
to
>>be some L-brackets to hold the cooler, are there other nuts I didn't see.
>>
>>There is evidence that late model cars didn't have an oil coolers, and
mine
>>inparticular appears to have never had a cooler. I have plugs in the holes
>>through the radiator bulkhead for the oil lines, the one oil line from the
>>filter to the block looks original and the captive nuts have never had
>>anything screwed into them (assuming I'm looking at the correct ones).
>>>
>>> Dan
>>> '73 B
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John Steczkowski <stecz@pswtech.com>
>>> To: MG Mailing List <mgs@autox.team.net>
>>> Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 11:26 AM
>>> Subject: oil cooler on MGB
>>>
>>>
>>> >My '75 doesn't have an oil cooler, so, since it's going to be in the
>high
>>> >90s soon, I figure I better install one. I want to do a factory install
>>> with
>>> >a couple of exceptions, I want a bigger cooler and I'll probably
>>> use an oil
>>> >thermostat. The question is, where does the factory cooler
>>> mount, I assumed
>>> >it was directly in front of the radiator, but there aren't any
>attachment
>>> >points (no captive nuts as I thought there should be), however on the
>>> >cowling right behind the bumper there are some captive nuts, but I
don't
>>> see
>>> >how an oil cooler would attach.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >----
>>> >John Steczkowski
>>> >Director, Business Systems Solutions, Central & West
>>> >PSW Technologies, Inc.
>>> >512-343-6666
>>> >stecz@pswtech.com
>>> >http://www.pswtech.com/~stecz
>>> >http://www.pswtech.com
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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