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Old 03-04-2010, 06:13 PM   #160 (permalink)
jpit
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Just finished installing the Modshack oil cooler kit. Did a couple of things differently. Instead of drilling two holes in the plastic panels I used a 2 1/8" hole saw and just made one and used 7" of 1/8 hose and fabricated a large grommet. Be very careful installing the elbow into the core as you can cross thread very easily. I did this and ended up taking it to a professional to get a new elbow (a brass fitting and a little more heavy duty) and he installed them for me. Of course, after I started it up there was a leak at the core with one of the brass fittings. He had used blue locktite and probably should have used locktite sealant. So I removed this fitting and went back to the blue elbow fitting and used teflon tape and everything seems to be working okay. The socketless fittings went on pretty easily with some SAE 30 lubricant and per Aeroquip's recommendation decided not to use any cable ties.

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