I have a '77 f-150. It has a Lincoln 460 in it. The radiator was leaking on the bottom. I replaced it. When I took the transmission lines off the old radiator nothing came out. Is that a problem? Is it from the radiator being bad?

 

Have you checked your trans. fluid level lately?

 

Not yet. I am a truck driver. I will be home next weekend. I was just wondering what I needed to look for and worry about.

 

X2, i think you'll find it a tad low.

 

The bottom part of the radiator that the transmission lines go into/out of is just a stock transmission cooler, the fluid goes in, cools down, and returns back to the tranny. Not getting anything out of those lines would almost definitely mean you are low on fluid. Hopefully the cooler part of the rad. didn't have any sort of crack in it where you lost fluid...

 

It was the bottom of the radiator that was bad.

 

The truck was sitting for 7 years. They had drained the radiator when they parked it.

 

prolly leaked the fluid out while it sat. start it up and check the fluid.

 

I agree on checking the fluid. I would also disconnect the lines from the tranny to the radiator and blow them out, could be a clog in there.

 

I predict hose lines won't come off. None of mine ever have. lol.

 

Trans fluid was low.