Tchamp
Silver Member
I had been mulling over the idea of installing an additional oil cooler on my 2425, when it gets hot down here in Georgia it doesnt take long for the oil in my hydraulics to start getting pretty warm, i can tell when this happens because i lose power to my drive motors.( it takes more pedal to go up the hill than it did when i started.) i recently found a good deal on a oil cooler on Ebay and bid on the unit and bought it for a good price. Its a commercial unit designed to flow up to 50 gpm. Mine only flows 9. I finished installing it today and will work it this week and let yoi know how it does.I did run it today and it seems to be a drastic difference. I am very happy with the results. I have a Power trac 60 inch brush hog i aquired and ran it some today and my temps didnt get above 165 in intake side of cooler and temp dropped to 125- 130 on outlet. I will know more later this week on how well it does. I know with my old unit it did not seem to cool down if i let it idle to cool but with this new unit it cools down within 3-5 min. Here are the pics that i have of the new one installed.
I took measurements of the old original cooler and the measurements of the new one for comparison. I am happy with the results. The only modifications i had to do is to cut holes to let the outlets for my lines to go through the wall. I used a 2 inch hole saw from harbor freight which worked really well. Also had to drill a new a hole for my power cable to power the fan ( the older one was covered up by the new cooler). I used a cheap extension cable to run power to the fan, this is something i do quite often ( learned this in my 20 + years driving over the road.) very effective, works well and its cheap. The hardest part was locating the new fittings to install the unit. It has ports on each end and on one side. I didnt have plugs for the ends of the cooler but sourced brass fittings and caps from the local hardware that worked just fine.
I took measurements of the old original cooler and the measurements of the new one for comparison. I am happy with the results. The only modifications i had to do is to cut holes to let the outlets for my lines to go through the wall. I used a 2 inch hole saw from harbor freight which worked really well. Also had to drill a new a hole for my power cable to power the fan ( the older one was covered up by the new cooler). I used a cheap extension cable to run power to the fan, this is something i do quite often ( learned this in my 20 + years driving over the road.) very effective, works well and its cheap. The hardest part was locating the new fittings to install the unit. It has ports on each end and on one side. I didnt have plugs for the ends of the cooler but sourced brass fittings and caps from the local hardware that worked just fine.
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