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Well, I have a radiator on its way to me now. I should get it by Monday. I did this about 5 years ago and I remember the one issue I had was getting those tranny cooler lines off. The rest of the job was pretty straight forward. Just to make sure, I have to turn them counterclockwise to loosen them right? I just want to make sure so I don't end up tightening them even more to start out. I've been taking a big risk driving this truck around like this, but I haven't had a choice until now. Luckily, the coolant has somehow stayed out of the tranny fluid so far. I keep checking it and it other than going down a little at a time it hasn't shown any signs of coolant in it. Crossing my fingers that it holds out a few more days. Anyway, thanks for any advice that's been given to me so far.
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Yeah right, nothing special since your junking the rad anyway I wouldn't worry to much about it. you might want to use a line wrench though if you have them to keep from rounding off the fittings. What I have found works well for plastic rad's that I need to save that have stuck lines is this stuff called freeze and release. Using heat wont work since it will melt the plastic.
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Good advice, thanks. I'll pick some of that stuff up. I remember that I had such a hard time getting those lines loose the last time that I had to use a pipe wrench to break them free. I've had this radiator around the same amount of time as the first one, so it'll be interesting to see how much of a struggle that will be. Hopefully that stuff you recommend lossens them up. Thanks.
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