Simon,
I bought a DW kit with the cooler two years ago and installed it. I had
to rework the brackets a fair bit. I removed some metal on one bracket
so it would clear the radiator overflow tube clip. The oil cooler
mounting holes didn't line up with the oil cooler's holes. DW "blamed"
this small issue on a design change by the oil cooler manufacturer.
Once the brackets were attached to the cooler, the assembly was too
wide. I had to tack weld some washers to the inside of the brackets to
fill the space between the brackets and the radiator. May-be the
radiator is narrower than stock; it's a OEM radiator that's been re-cored.
To install it, I think I had to offer up the cooler, slip in each
bracket, loosely install the nuts and bolts to attach the brackets to
the cooler, fit the lower radiator mounting bolts, then tighten
everything up.
Cheers,
Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php
On 1/15/19 6:35 PM, simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
> My nephew?s BJ8 came with a boot full of mixed blessings from its PO.
> Amongst all the manuals and stuff were two boxes containing an oil
> cooler and mounting kit. NOS.(Actually, these items dated back quite a
> while?2 or 3 POs back).
>
> So, he gave them to me as he wasn?t remotely interested in fitting them.
> I took them back to the UK and determined that I might fit the cooler
> ?one day?. Well, as the car is up on a stand with the radiator out, it
> seems that the day may have arrived. Minimal amount of work compared to
> having to do it from scratch? Now:-
>
> 1. For someone who lives in a temperate climate and who seldom goes all
> that fast in his Healey, how much benefit is there in a cooler?
> 2. The Denis Welch brackets look pretty good. Fit onto the lower
> radiator mounts. Designed for their cooler but I think mine can be
> shoehorned in.
>
> Has anyone tried these brackets?
>
> How easy/hard to fit?
>
> 3. I will not be cutting any holes. The cooler would sit in front of
> the radiator in line with the lower mounts.
>
> Is it a waste of time to put the cooler in there without a dedicated hole?
>
> Will I gain as much heat by blocking some airflow to the radiator as I
> lose with the cooler?
>
> 4. Seems like an oil cooler may just be a waste of effort???
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Simon
>
>
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