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 Post subject: Cooper S oil cooler
PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:14 am 
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Hi guys,
Can somebodyplease tell me how many rows a '66 Cooper S oil cooler is, is it 13?

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As far as I know it's the normal 13 row one , hence the diagonal brace to fit it in whereas the little (7??) row one would fit without and mods .

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Yes, 13 row. Definitely. :wink:

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The 66 Cooper S had a different type of oil cooler, it didn't mount on the body (no diagonal brace) it mounted on the engine. :wink:
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I thought that was on the english Cooper S only, did Australian Coopers also have the diagonal type? Parnell reckons that it was swapped in January 1966 for the front mounted type though (at least for the pommy types).

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I've only seen the diagonal cooler used on UK Cooper S, not the Oz ones?

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Morris 1100 wrote:
The 66 Cooper S had a different type of oil cooler, it didn't mount on the body (no diagonal brace) it mounted on the engine. :wink:


the first of the Aussie Cooper S' had it - 1965.... there is one local to me, car #153 (ish)

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I may be wrong but if the poms changed them in Jan 66 you can bet that it took a few more months to reach our shores, maybe 3 to 6 months. :?
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The first 1394 Aussie Mk1 Cooper S from car number 501 to car number 1894 had the vertically mounted oil cooler , just below the generator, and steel connecting pipes were used . These cars used the normal vertical brace as well . From car number 1895 onwards the horizontal cooler was fitted to the front valance , as was the angled brace ..........

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AJ's info is spot on. Also note that the early vertical oil cooler is a nine row unit compared to the later horizontal 13 rows.

My 65 has the vertical 9 row unit.
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Hi Guys,
My car was made in about July or August '66 and has the horizontal cooler which mounts on the body and a diagonal brace.

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Yep,
I have a customer with a matching number cooper S, it has a engine mounted oil cooler, early '66.
Sure it was aussie built, body number 1311, wind up windows (fitted STD), etc...
Maybe they imported the engine with oil coolers.

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i recall seeing a works rally cooper where the pipe from the block to the filter ran in a spiral for extra cooling...

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Now this is what I call interesting mini trivia.

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