Chris,
Dennis is da man!

You mentioned a;"thermostatic plate adapter ". I'm not sure what that is. I
am also in the process of adding an oil cooler. During my gathering of parts
I ran across this "thermostatic sandwich adapter" as seen on this page:
http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo_1.html
I did not care for the pencil size hole which is used to bypass cold oil.
It's probably OK but opted for the full flow adapter instead and a
"perm-cool 4 port thermostat ".
They also make non-thermostatic sandwich adapters but if you are planning on
leaving the heat exchanger space might be a problem.

Good Luck
Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
in statu viae

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas

> Dennis, thanks for the voice of experience.  Copper tubing to keep the
> oil pressure from dropping too much: BRILLIANT!
>
> My plan is to use a MOCAL thermostatic plate adapter with a
> sufficiently large cooler.  I'll use copper tubing and mount the
> cooler up front.........

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