Oil cooler is done with Pics & Video

[dieselgiant]

Finally the oil cooler has been rebuilt and it needed it real bad.

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Thems the gaskets you need.

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You can see all the bolts to the rear header in this pic

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And now they are lose. Socket sizes: Front header bolts are 9/16, rear header is 1/2. Jack the engine up and slip the cooler bundle out. If the engine is up high enough the cooler will come out with no problems except it will endlessly drip oil all over you until it is sitting on the ground and out of your hands.

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I placed it in a vice and beat the headers off with a rubber mallet, and they did not want to come off.

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Looks good

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Ewww

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The culprit, both big o-rings were very hard and brittle

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This stuff worked out great. Still used the floor jack and something heavy technique to press it together, but it went really easy. The main problem is getting the big o-ring to slid in.

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YAY

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I was suprised by the lack of pics involving jacking up the engine. It seems straight forward, and it is, but pictures are worth a thousand words. Just be careful. The board cocked sideways the first time as the jack went up and the board slipped out. Use a Bottle jack if you have one. The your fingers under a 1000lbs of crushing force would not feel good.

Here is the video explanation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24E0Bc1ifgI

 

[riotwarrior]

Great pics, interesting shop video...thanks

 

[Rot Box]

Great writeup The more I see these the more I think I should probably rebuild mine soon--before its too late.

 

[dieselgiant]

It really wasn't that bad, just really messy.

 

[riotwarrior]

It really wasn't that bad, just really messy.

I am lucky I get to do mine out of the truck completely as well, I will make DAMN sure I got a spare one ready to go as well...

 

[bbjordan]

Great write-up!

 

[6.9poweredscout]

a forehead under 4000 lbs doesn't feel good either. wait, it killed the nerves, so i guess it hurt.

 

[hesutton]

Nice job Marnin. Good photos to boot.

Heath

 

[WilltheThrill]

my troubles.....

well I was going to add some alum welds and clean up but I found another on craigslist, so well see. also the fron head had been eaten away at round jacket.

 

[dieselgiant]

well I was going to add some alum welds and clean up but I found another on craigslist, so well see. also the fron head had been eaten away at round jacket.

WOW

 

[hotrod316]

i did mine it came out with out jacking up the motor.



QUOTE=dieselgiant;623717]Finally the oil cooler has been rebuilt and it needed it real bad.

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Thems the gaskets you need.

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You can see all the bolts to the rear header in this pic

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And now they are lose. Socket sizes: Front header bolts are 9/16, rear header is 1/2. Jack the engine up and slip the cooler bundle out. If the engine is up high enough the cooler will come out with no problems except it will endlessly drip oil all over you until it is sitting on the ground and out of your hands.

You must be registered for see images attach

I placed it in a vice and beat the headers off with a rubber mallet, and they did not want to come off.

You must be registered for see images attach

Looks good

You must be registered for see images attach

Ewww

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

The culprit, both big o-rings were very hard and brittle

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

This stuff worked out great. Still used the floor jack and something heavy technique to press it together, but it went really easy. The main problem is getting the big o-ring to slid in.

You must be registered for see images attach

YAY

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I was suprised by the lack of pics involving jacking up the engine. It seems straight forward, and it is, but pictures are worth a thousand words. Just be careful. The board cocked sideways the first time as the jack went up and the board slipped out. Use a Bottle jack if you have one. The your fingers under a 1000lbs of crushing force would not feel good.

Here is the video explanation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24E0Bc1ifgI[/QUOTE]

 

[GOOSE]

a forehead under 4000 lbs doesn't feel good either. wait, it killed the nerves, so i guess it hurt.

showoff

 

[WilltheThrill]

well my craigslist guy wants me to wait till the 17th for the 25 dollar oil cooler he has to sell, does anyone have both the front and back oil cooler heads that are in good shape for sale?

 

[smvdiesel]

Can you tell me approximately how long this job takes? I'm a pretty good mechanic, but I've never done one of these before. I did the water pump tonight, and while the system is drained, I figure I should rebuild the cooler. I've been getting oil in the coolant ever since I bought it a couple of years ago. Parts are on order from Rock Auto.

Thanks,
smvdiesel

 

[WilltheThrill]

Well so far I can only speak on pulling the oil cooler out and taking it apart. 20 min to "cleanly" get it out and 45 min cleaning and discovering how bad may corrosion is.