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How to build your own oil cooler adaptor tutorial

Ed, do you still have that original plate? Looks like that boss on the end colud just and drilled and tapped...thinking
 
1982gs650E said:
excellent write up mate..

will most definitely be using since i live in central florida where its hot almost all the time. ive been needing some cooling going on and i think i might even add some small fans to the front of the cooler for added effect/coolness.

im a computer nut so i have plenty of cool looking led fans small enough and cheap enough to fabricate on there.... if you dont think it would be too much.. even so i still might just go for an added look during the night with the led fans...

also do you think it would be fine to leave the cooler on year round..? it is my daily ride and its mostly hot as hell down here.

and what about the thermostat that was mentioned. how would i go about that? i would like to rig one of those up somewhere


Thanks :)
Seth
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Seth, if you end up installing a small cooling fan, can you post some pics. I thought about that as well. Especially when sitting at an intersection on a really hot day!

Thanks!

Rick
 
crapwacker said:
Ed, do you still have that original plate? Looks like that boss on the end colud just and drilled and tapped...thinking
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I tried to adapt the stock plate but gave up. There isn't enough meat in the OE plate to drill it out for the proper size fitting. Also, you need to fashion a piece to go down and get the oil coming up from the main feed port and channel it over to the cooler. It's easier to make a new adapter than mod the old one.
 
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ryonker said:
Seth, if you end up installing a small cooling fan, can you post some pics. I thought about that as well. Especially when sitting at an intersection on a really hot day!

Thanks!

Rick
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Yea i will most definitely post some pics and a little write up. Like i said i will be using about 120mm size fans that are from the computers i build as a side job/hobby.
Im thinking of making a bracket for several of them (3 rows of 3 i think) It would look cool as hell at night especially with the leds on the fans. They are extremely cheap, come in many different colors so you can match or accent your bike and i have a bunch laying around already. Prob throw a lil switch on em too
 
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here is the napa part number

it's a napa oil pressure switch .5 psi to 2 psi part number op6115

opps oh well I see ed covered that already in the pdf, that number should cross referance to other manufactures too, i know yo ucan get them at autozone as well, but i think the quaility is lacking. Stick to napa. My napa 1 is going strong and i had to autozone ones give out on me.
 
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Apparently finding a piece of half inch aluminum is not as easy as I thought, the one piece I had is just short. Where can I source this?
 
Oil Cooler

Oil Cooler

I once made a vinyl snap-on cover to keep my oil cooler from "over cooling" when the weather got cold. Worked well.

Nessism said:
No thermostat, although it would be a nice feature. I took off the cooler once the weather got...cooler. Once nice thing about the way I mounted the cooler is that I can take it off, or put it on, in about 10 minuets.
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