Date:         Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:06:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Go Westy auto trans cooler
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Perfect example of products that are supposed to help becoming their own
> maintenance nightmares. Seen many an aftermarket oil cooler or hose for
> same
> destroy an engine or transmission.
>
> Dennis
>

Boy!  Is that ever right!

  One of the prime rules of 'fixing' something should be..."make sure it is
more dependable when you finish your "fix" than it was before you fixed
it....or leave it as it was..."

  Often people set out to 'improve' something and don't consider, with
enough intensity,  all the consequences of what they are doing as they add
the so called 'improvement'.  So when their ill-considered modification
fails somehow, it often results in waaay worse damage than if they never
ever messed with it at all.

  Auxiliary systems need to be very carefully thought-out and installed in
such a manner that if the system should fail....your vehicle reverts to it's
original set up...or as close to that as possible...Hoses and lines need to
be very well mounted and out of harms way, they need to have room for flex,
if there will be some and the components need to be isolated from harmful
vibration.  Check valves should be utilized where possible.  Some method of
knowing that your extra add on system is working is advisable and some plan
on making the vehicle operable should you have a failure,,,that is worth
thinking about.

  Just because you get a kit and have some pro put it on...don't take that
as 'better than stock'.....look at it your ownself and make sure they
'covered all bases'...

  I found that the 'sandwich plate' oil take-off for my remote filter and
cooler in my race car....that was poorly cast with a very small
opening....so while I had #8 SS braided hoses and cool AN fittings
everywhere....I was actually restricting the flow of oil until I checked and
reworked the sandwich plate to enlarge the oil outlet....A great example of
making things worse by 'improveing' them without double and triple checking
everything.

  Don Hanson