large oil cooler

[david_lee]

my parents just bought a new house and while helping my clean out his garage i found a pair of large oil coolers that i forgot about. my grandfather used to drive a freightliner for a living and when he passed away i found two big oil coolers in his pile of "to do" parts. they are brand new aluminum and are about 2.5" or 3" thick x ~9" tall x ~15" long with about 5/8" or 1" openings. these dimensions are all from memory but should be pretty close. my questions are:

1. is there anyone here that could use them or knows anyone that could use them?

2. what are they worth?

i would assume they are next to useless for our trucks as they are so large, but i am betting a few people here drive 18 wheelers and might like to get these. if noone shows any interest in them, i will be putting them in craigslist or ebay.

 

[sle2115]

If someone where wanting to do an air/water intercooler setup, these might be good, the only problem I see is the thickness...hard to fit that much plus AC condensor, etc. Probably a non-ac truck could make use of them.

 

[leftcoastjeff]

Got pix?
I might be interested in using it to heat my veggie.

LCjeff

 

[david_lee]

once upon a time i toyed with the idea of replacing the oil connections with 3 or 4 inch connections to make a pair of intercoolers. this could be done by someone with access to a tig welder. then i was going to hook them up in parallel on an old truck i was messing with and considering a turbo for. life happened and it was all forgotten. as far as space considerations go, i think they would be excellent candidates for parallel intercoolers mounted where the batteries are. just relocate the batteries to a box in the bed and mount these in their place with some small fans on them. with my old brick nose, i could see cutting a small ram air hole in the front of the hood for added cool air flow at highway speeds....i might keep these afterall

 

[david_lee]

Got pix?
I might be interested in using it to heat my veggie.

LCjeff

i dont have pics yet as i didnt have room in our little Rav4 last night with all the other stuff i had to bring home but i will have them no later than this weekend.

 

[typ4]

I may want one for a cooler on my sandrail.

 

[david_lee]

i am not setting a price as of yet because i am not 100% certain on the details of the coolers, but i called a few places and given the description they estimate the value of these coolers at $200 - $300 each. i dont feel like waiting long enough to get that for them and i still need a lot of stuff for my truck. with that info, if you dont feel like sending me money then i am open to good parts or services.

 

[david_lee]

i got them home last night but the camera died after the first picture i took. i will take more tonight and post them tonight or tomorow. the measurements on them are 21"W x 11"H x 3.5"D the actual cooling surface is 15"Wx 11"H x 3.5"D. they are pretty heavy duty and have a working pressure of 50psi with a test pressure at 190psi. they are a little dirty from sitting for so long and have some paint scratches from being moved around but they have never been installed.

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[david_lee]

ok, just got off the phone with the manufacturer of the coolers and he estimates that these coolers would have been sold for $300 to the distributor with an MSRP of 15-25% higher. I dont know what i could get for them here so PM me and we can work out a deal. at the end of the week they will be going on craigslist and ebay if i dont get any bites here.

 

[typ4]

Still need a pic, I bet they were hydraulic oil coolers.

 

[david_lee]

the guy i talked to said they were designed to be part of a hydraulic cooling system, and these were likely replacement coolers that the distributor sold after the new system was released. i should have some pics up after 6:30

forgot to mention that the in and out lines are 1"

 

[david_lee]

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here they are. the pic makes them look like they are different sizes, but they are identical.

 

[leftcoastjeff]

Looks like a big heater core, how many tubes go in and out? just 2?

"with about 5/8" or 1" openings"

Hmmmm, not so good for me, unless.......no, I don't think so.

Sandrail oil/hydro cooler, that might work well.

LCjeff