Anyone ever taken a Mocal oil cooler thermostat apart? They make them
symmetrically so one cannot tell "top" from "bottom." Shall I assume
that that means there IS no top and bottom to such an oil cooler
thermostat? Inside the thermostat is a float and a large spring,
separated by an aluminum collar into which the spring nests on the one
side and the float fits-into on the other... When installing it, I was
wondering if it mattered which side was up AND if it mattered which
side faced the front and which faced the rear of the car. The part is
what TRF catalogs at TRFEL301 and can be seen here:
http://www.zeni.net/trf/TR6-250GC/44.php?s_wt=1280&s_ht=1024
Any top? bottom? front? back??
Thanks for any insights...
Dave Friedlander
'74-Six
----- Original Message -----
From: acekraut11@aol.com
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 9:26 am
Subject: [6pack] Re: Broken Diff Mounts?
To: AEGDesign@aol.com, 75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org,
triumphs@autox.team.net, 6pack@autox.team.net
Cc: rick@sidedrafttbi.com
> Al,
>
> If I understand correctly, isnt the worst that could happen if you
> installed an oil thermostat and it failed stuck closed is that you
> would be operating without an oil cooler, (like the rest of us)
> and if it stuck open it would be the same set-up as you have now??
> Either way no real problem, right?
>
> Aaron
>
> Aaron Cropley
> 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
> http://www.triumphowners.com/108
> 2002 Mini Cooper S
> Topsham, Maine
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AEGDesign@aol.com
> To: 75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org; triumphs@autox.team.net;
> 6pack@autox.team.netCc: rick@sidedrafttbi.com; Acekraut11@aol.com
> Sent: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 8:21 am
> Subject: Re: Broken Diff Mounts?
>
> I am concern that my oil cooler does not allow the?oil (Red Line
20/50)
> to reach a good operating temp in the late evening.? ?I do need the
oil
> cooler thermostat or maybe just a cover to restrict?air passage.? I
will
> try the cover?and take note of the water temp being that the cover on
> the cooler will also block a portion of the radiator.?? I am not keen
> on the oil thermostat in place without a oil temp gauge.? Without the
> oil temp gauge one will never know if the thermostat is operating
> properly.
> Always something.
>
> Happy holidays guys,
>
>
> Al
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