Seen the date on my original post?
In a message dated 27/08/03 03:59:20 !!!First Boot!!!, pvanwig@charter.net
writes:
> Yes my last Dodge pick up a 72 with the 400cid motor was old when I got it
> so I installed a sandwich thermostat plate. Helped keep the Psi up on long
> trips hauling a 12 foot camper.
> Paul Van Wig
> Long Beach, CA
> pvanwig@charter.net
> 60 Bugeye
> 60 Minor Woody
> 61 Minor Pickup
> 01 Dodge Cummins Turbocharged Intercooled Diesel
> 01 Acura MDX (Wifes Ride)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets-mod@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets-mod@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Daniel1312@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Oil Cooler installation - A series
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Since things are quiet I thought I'd post with some idle tech chat.
>
> Ok. On the A-series fitting an oil cooler entails ditching the copper block
> to filter head pipe and running 2 long hose runs to and from the oil cooler.
> If you run a thermostat you cut the lines to have 4 hose ends and the
> thermostat fits in the middle. What you are left with is a thermostatically
> controlled oil cooler with a lot of hose and a chunky thermostat unit
> cluttering up the
> engine bay.
>
> It is possible to fit a sandwich plate but why bother when you can have
> massive hose runs instead...............
>
> Jump forward and the now not so recent development is the sandwich plate
> with
> a thermostat incorporated into it. And, you can't get thermostat units for
> the failed in the open position thermostat sitting in the middle of those
> big
> long hose runs.
>
> So, rather than buy a replacement thermostat unit that you can replacement
> guts for, it seems an option would be to put the copper engine block to
> filter
> head pipe back even though it looks tasteless and have a neat thermostatic
> sandwich plate under the filter head with short hose runs.
>
> Anyone gone down this road yet?
>
> Any thoughts?
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