On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Graham Knight wrote:
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> Hello fine folks,
> This weekend i plan on putting a new clutch in my '73 Midget. In
> preparation i have removed the bonnet and the front grill and some
> various engine parts. While doing this i noticed that there is an
> extra radiator of sorts in front of the main radiator, this has
> a rubber line that attaches to the engine block. I'm assuming that
> this is an oil cooler. So my questions: (always questions 'eh?)
>
> 1). Did Midgets come stock with an oil cooler (haynes has no comment
>;)
> 2). Should i remove it? I dont like Oil Coolers much, my experience is
> that the loss of pressure isn't worth the cooling.
No! oil coolers are great and I feel can help prolong the life of your
engine. You shouldn't loose any presure by going through the oil cooler,
in fact, you will more likely have higher pressure because cooler oil is
thicker.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Update: The electrical system now works! Ok, everything except the
> headlights :). I feel raher lucky about this as half way through my
> electrical detective work i seriously considered just buying a new
> wiring harness ($245) and starting from scratch. The PO has done
> a fair amount of wiring :( but i was actually able to track everything
> down! I'll get the headlights working tonite.
>
> With the rest of the lights working i am now street legal during
> the day and i went for a long joyous ride up and down the canyon around
> my house - 6 miles of winding narrow canyon from Denver to my
> house - perfect LBC territory!! :)
>
> Thanks again to everyone for all the help. I'm finding that the
> Midget is fun to work on - and i've adapted well from working on the
> Jeep. When skinning a knuckle instead of yelling "You f*cking piece
> of sh*t" i yell "You bloody piece of junk". :) I just wish
> it was as easy to crawl under as the Jeep is! :)
>
> Graham
>
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> Graham Knight graham@disr.den.mmc.com 303-977-7085
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