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Old Jan 31, 2022 | 02:58 PM
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Hello. Trying to put a f body rad in a g body for the fan supports on the rad. What is the coolant nipple for on the drivers lower rad tank? Tia.
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Old Jan 31, 2022 | 03:40 PM
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I recently purchased a radiator for my build and noticed a small line down at the bottom on the drivers side as well. I didn't see this on the AC Delco radiator I purchased to replace the one in my car with a manual transmission. It did have transmission cooler lines but not this lower line.
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Old Jan 31, 2022 | 06:10 PM
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is it the drain bung and they forgot the drain plug/valve?
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Old Feb 4, 2022 | 03:07 PM
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Pic? Maybe the steam vent? I don't know anything about F body's.
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It's the port on the bottom left hand side. I've called some other aftermarket radiartor companies and was told they built the radiator which may have provisions that are not needed and to just cap it off if you're not using it.
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Thanks for the pic. So it's definitely a active part of the radiator? And it's just a hose port/barb? No threads or room for a clip? I'm not a F body guy, but that's definitely interesting to me.
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I have F-body radiators in both my G-body swaps. One is manual, one is automatic. I looked at both, and neither has that port.
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