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    #16
    Ed, do you use any type of thermostat or do you flow the oil straight through?
    1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
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      #17
      Originally posted by chef1366 View Post
      Ed, do you use any type of thermostat or do you flow the oil straight through?
      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.
      Ed

      To measure is to know.

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        #18
        Excellent write up!
        This is something I may want to look at sometime, thanks.

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          #19
          Thanks a matey just what i have been looking for. Next project on the 750 race bike

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            #20
            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
            Last edited by Guest; 06-24-2009, 04:33 PM.

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              #21
              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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                #22
                Originally posted by 1982gs650E View Post
                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
                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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                  #23
                  Originally posted by crapwacker View Post
                  Ed, do you still have that original plate? Looks like that boss on the end colud just and drilled and tapped...thinking
                  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.
                  Last edited by Nessism; 07-02-2009, 05:34 PM.
                  Ed

                  To measure is to know.

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                    #24
                    thanks for the heads up!

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by ryonker View Post
                      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
                      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
                      Last edited by Guest; 07-02-2009, 04:16 PM.

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                        #26
                        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.
                        Last edited by first timer; 07-02-2009, 05:19 PM.
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                          #27
                          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?

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                            #28
                            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.

                            Originally posted by Nessism View Post
                            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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