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badassmini
 Post subject: fitting a oil cooler
PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:00 pm 
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hey guys when fitting a oil cooler do you have to cut out any steel from the front bar if you do how much and where abouts on the front bar eg in the middle,

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No, you just need to fold the bottom lip on the fron apron down carefully for the width of the
oil cooler.

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ok cause i've seen a few minis with the lip been cut out got any pics.

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I even managed to find a screw to put back in the hole.....:oops:


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does the grill cover it without touching it or do you have to space the grill out

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I have the quick release buttons, but no it doesn't touch.

They can touch if not fitted very well, but I have only seen this when the lower brackets weren't used to stop it from tilting forward. These are strips of metal bent to 90 degrees which the screws from the oilcooler pass through.

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sorry to be annoying but where do the 90 degree pieces of metal attache to on the body.

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Bottom lip of front apron only. One screw and nut hold it on. The top of the bracket has speed nuts.

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cheers mate

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Watch the grille is not sitting against the cooler, the U shaped verticals on the grille will cut into the alloy. If they cut deep...... major oil leak and a trashed cooler.
I spaced mine out using a couple of surplus Pulsar dizzy drive dogs.... :lol:

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cheers drmini

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Whoa i think my grille rest agaisnt the cooler....oh no gotta sus th is out! :shock:

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