ikaros23

having problem fitting this line on the rad, this is as far I can go. does this seems right? btw I meant cooling not coolant lol

im-not-guilty

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It looks sideways in the pic

derekatnip45

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Looks cross threaded?

duh

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That's most definitely cross threaded. Not a good sign. Hopefully a radiator repair shop can fix it for relatively cheap, as opposed to buying a new radiator.

ikaros23

ups its a brand new radiator!

derekatnip45

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drill and tap it, put a hellicoil in it. Probably going to have to replace that flare but too or buy a new line.

shbox

That's going to be real hard, since it is a tapered pipe and flare fitting.

You always start tapered flares by hand before putting a wrench to them (to avoid this very thing). Perhaps a radiator shop has a way to repair that.

ikaros23

thats how I did it but I remember having the same issued when I first bought the car couple years ago. maybe the treads on the metal line are bad! Ill just wait and see if it start leaking!

derekatnip45

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another option is to block those lines off and run an external trans cooler might be cheaper than having it fixed.