Thanks!  Unfortunately my airbox is located there now, and soon the
intercooler will be in that space and the airbox in the right side. This
cooler wouldn't fit there anyway, it's pretty long! Found an excellent post
by G. Matthew Bulley in the archives that answered my question perfectly.
Didn't think of checking the archives first, DUH! His post can be found at
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9906E&L=vanagon&P=13179

Karl M

----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Walker <jwalker@uronramp.net>
To: karl <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: Mazda RX-7 oil cooler into the Vanagon 1.9 turbodiesel

> when i had an aircooled 80 bus, i put an mgb tranny oil cooler as an
engine
> oil cooler on my bus. i mounted it in the 'hollow' space, behind the left
> taillight ... where the air vent comes down into the engine compartment.
> there was nothing there on the aircools and i figured the airflow would be
> ok. i can't recall if the battery is over there in the diesels or not.
>
> anyway, i used that sandwich plate adapter over the oil filter, and ran
the
> hoses up and over to the cooler. i recommend getting a thermostat for the
> oil lines ... this allows the oil to return to the engine (bypass the
> cooler) if it's too cool outside to need cooling. one fellow did
essentially
> the same thing, but used valves ... but he had to make sure his valves
were
> turned correctly for summer and winter. the thermostat was a MOCAL brand,
i
> think. i got it from a company called BAT. i think they're still in
> business.
>
> good luck!
> joel
>