need '87 5kq oil cooler

[Burl Vibert]

"Doyt W. Echelberger" wrote:
> 
> Hello Brendan..........Mine blew a hose fitting last year and we couldn't
> get the fittings off the cooler without destroying the thin material of the
> cooler itself. This was all due to salt belt corrosion.
> 
> Dealer cost new is outrageous, as you will discover.
> 
> For $180 USD, I ended up with a good clean used cooler complete with hoses,
> from a non salt belt source.  Try the vendor list at www.audifans.com and
> go with suppliers in the south and west.
> 


My fittings broke off as well, my plan is to weld on a internally
threaded boss and use some more common fittings and hoses which I
have.  I hope it works.  Right now I have the cooler bypassed and the
hose is just looped back.
An aftermarket cooler would be cheaper than replacing the OE one but
would require some mounting mods.

I think all the fittings break off, that way they get to sell even
more overpriced parts.

Burl Vibert
1987 5kcstq
Kingston, Ontario