TLandry

I unscrewed the fittings from my new radiator, I was wondering about unscrewing the fittings from the radiator itself and insert the old ones with sealant?





These are from my old radiator

Martian

That doesn't show much.... you have to hold them up to / align them with where they need to go and then take a picture, I have no idea how big or small they are in relation to what they're supposed to go on

TLandry

Ur right that would've made more sense,, my apologies.




My old ones are too big to just screw in





So I wanted to if I could unscrew the brass piece from the radiator itself and input the old ones or would it ruin the radiator??

Martian

Depends. If you're absolutely set on using that radiator and not sending it back and getting the right part or an adapter like you SHOULD be doing, you could try to tap that hole and see if you can thread it in there... that would be risky, though. Those threads would come awfully close to the thickness of that inlet.

TLandry

Yeah as I would like to do what I SHOULD be doing I am limited on professional help as to what needs to be purchased. I searched for the sizes on the radiator no luck. I went to O'Reilly Auto Parts and got the run around even after showing them the radiator. So I figure swapping them out would be the next quick fix I can do.

Martian

What I would be doing is cleaning up the old one and looking for a part number on it somewhere.

Rick's 06

I see no reason why that wouldn't work. Just put some teflon tape on all the threads like any other joint you want to keep sealed and keep on trucking. Reusing the fittings isn't going to hurt anything. They look like the right size to replace the existing ones. As I said in my earlier post that's exactly what I did on my explorer and it's been fine ever since.