Reusing Your Stock Oil Cooler

[NVW]

I've gone both routes.

This is what I did for my 95: http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/showthread.php?594-DIY-Oil-Cooler-Lines-(Small-Lines) I couldn't afford a kit at the time.

I have a new kit still in the box for my 98 which I haven't got around to fixing. Go figure.

 

[racedaymechanic]

My Original Thread was simply to point out that if you have the Time and feel comfortable with your Skills this alternative is available, As a Supporting Vendor on this site I certainly did not want to infer that this is the fix for everybody and the Kits are the better way to go for 95% of Us, but there is a 5% of which I am Who does like to find solutions to Problems on my own, In the end it sometimes costs me more, but I have the satisfaction of knowing that I did it

 

[Crankme69]

Please don't stop sharing I appreciate all the tips & ideas...

Amen to that, I have many times spent way MORE $ trying to save a dime on something.

Just the way I was raised...

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

My Original Thread was simply to point out that if you have the Time and feel comfortable with your Skills this alternative is available, As a Supporting Vendor on this site I certainly did not want to infer that this is the fix for everybody and the Kits are the better way to go for 95% of Us, but there is a 5% of which I am Who does like to find solutions to Problems on my own, In the end it sometimes costs me more, but I have the satisfaction of knowing that I did it

It is this innovation that keeps the forums alive and well. :thumbsup: Personal ingenuity!

I'm a huge kit fan. This topic pops up so much and some people here have 10+ years of hearing this stuff its just reflex to to say get the kit and be done with it...

To someone like me, who is not familiar in fittings and such thats what I want to hear meaning I wont even bother with the parts stores to piece this together, and just buy the kit.

Same here Matt. I am also a huge kit fan! Takes the guess work out of it and saves time. May cost a little more from time to time, but the kits are most always professionally done! To all the vendors here, keep up the good hard work! :thumbsup:

 

[btfarm]

As an engineer (and a lifelong gearhead), I've frequently been quite comfortable with fabricating different methods or taking alternate routes to make something work as well or better than it's original design. Does it always work? No... I redesigned the internals of a Saginaw transmission once because it was a poor design that failed frequently. I solved the problem permanently for me. That's the key... "for me."
Innovation is what makes this forum what we all come here for initially. The trust, comraderie, and friendship follows.

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Amen Mike! :thumbsup: