THANK YOU club, i did look in the web and found some one else had added a cooler to another model the FH first, i simply took a chance win or loose to see if it would work on a FR the site was
Add Oil Cooler 19hp Kawasaki, easy upgrade credit goes to him
that stock filter mount has a internal hex to remove it, the size is 12MM
i did notice some oil use age from new using 10w30 oil ,after breaking it in on whatever the factory fill was. so i first tried 10w40 than 20w50, with both i saw my usage drop to small amount, changing every 20 hours i see zero usage, so that's what my machine gets,
ONE thing i have to say about OPE engines and oil .every engine maker has a chart of what to use for the air temps of the area, personally i stay to it, why do i use the blend klube? only one it has zinc in it , which aids the camshafts, also of
note is many ope engine oil charts also list straight 40w for high air temps. i'm sure knowing now what my motor likes,i'll use another brand made for older auto's with flat tappet cams.
dave
yes it was pricy $219.99 USD, probably close to 300 in your canadian dollars, your correct i could have made my own, again i'm age 75 and the bracket to mount it made it a 15 min job as i had to remove the roll bar running over the engine blower inlet, of another note i emailed the company before ordering it as i taught it would cause interference problems, within a day i had a return email with photos' showing the height problem ,it's high! seeing i could have the local welding shop mod mine,i placed the order, shipped same day ups dropped it off 4 days latter took off my roll bar and mounted it, i did also add the donaldson air filter reminder the lowest suction one, just incase
another just why? we get dry spells, and wind up cutting crab grass within very dust dry grass, i got tired of cleaning the stock filter .
again i did try 2 other coolers. the kohler CV is a molded plastic, the hose bibs didn't work on the KW, i also borrowed one off my home standby 17 kw generac that adapter also would not work.
good luck guys' we do have a awesome motor that should treat us all very well for a long time