[Fot] TR4 oil cooler advice needed

[WILLIAM TOBIN]

  Hi Mike, a couple thoughts on the oil cooler.
  If you look at coolers, they will usually have either BSP or AN fittings.
My humble opinion is to buy a cooler with AN fittings; you can make your own
lines, fittings/hose ends are readily available in many configurations, and
colors for that matter. Do NOT use barb/clamp setups; they sometimes blow
off. If you do get a cooler with BSP fittings, Pegasus sells BSP/AN
adapters; I like AN stuff. I keep a line made up in case of a rock through
the cooler or cold weather; I can bypas the cooler in a very few minutes.
And cap off the cooler fittings.
  I use -10 lines to the cooler; they give lots of flow. You can also buy a
fitting to put a temp gauge in the line if need be.
  Mount it so that you have good air flow through it but don't steal air
from the radiator. I mounted mine in isolator mounts to decrease vibration;
anybody's thoughts on that? Good or not?
  My $0.02 worth.
  Bill ---- Original Message -----
  From: "Mike Mehl" <mike.mehl at yahoo.com>
  To: "Triumph Friends of" <fot at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:05 PM
  Subject: [Fot] TR4 oil cooler advice needed


  > I got a lot of good ideas from the radiator questions from the forum.  I
also
  > need some thoughts on an oil cooler.  I have a very old oil cooler on
the
  > car that looks like I should not use. I am looking for advice on what
oil
  > cooler to run along with the fitting/hose size.  Also where should I
mount.
  > it?
  >
  > Thanks.
  > Mike Mehl
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