[syee]

OK, let me start this off by saying I'm an idiot. :P

Now that that's off my chest, I was replacing my radiator this week and managed to strip the thread of the transmission fluid line going into my radiator by trying to re-use the old parts from my previous radiator.

Here's a stock pic of what I'm talking about:

https://i.imgur.com/1ktVSuE.jpg

From looking at this, it looks like there's a removable piece in between the radiator and the transmission fluid line - that's the part that's stripped. However, on any parts diagram I can see online, the transmission line and radiator are all one piece. Trying to see if there's an option to fix this before I go out and buy another radiator... :QQ:

BTW, this is for a 05 Acura TSX.

[hud 91gt]

You need to get that fitting out, then figure out what kind of fitting it is. Looks like it uses a sealing washer into the radiator, then most likely a tapered pipe thread on the other fitting. You won’t know until you take them out.

[yray]

weld it back on :badpokerface: :troll:

[syee]

You need to get that fitting out, then figure out what kind of fitting it is. Looks like it uses a sealing washer into the radiator, then most likely a tapered pipe thread on the other fitting. You won’t know until you take them out.

Thanks - I guess I'll have to go dismantle it again. :tears:

Just to keep downtime to a minimum since this is my only car, what places would stock this type of fitting?

[hud 91gt]

Green Line Hose on venebles will have most fittings. If it ends up being a British thread you’ll be hooped as no one will stock it and will be required to order in.

[hud 91gt]

If you still have your old radiator, why don’t you just figure out that thread that is, then simply get a barbed fitting for that hole? You’d be set and no downtime.

[syee]

If you still have your old radiator, why don’t you just figure out that thread that is, then simply get a barbed fitting for that hole? You’d be set and no downtime.

The old radiator probably wasn't OEM. It was replaced after an accident and I suspect that there might be slight differences in the construction of it.

The old radiator's fitting is a slightly different threading to this one. It's how I stripped the thread on the new radiator. I thought the new radiator was missing a part (one of the transmission line "tubes" you see in the picture), so I reused the one from the old one.

I'll pop it out one more time and see if I can borrow a car to get something that fits the thread from Green Line.

[syee]

Well, it looks like I'm going to have to replace the radiator.

I tried taking off that piece between the radiator and the transmission line and it was just a nut holding the threaded line against the radiator. It's part of a larger piece inside the radiator so the stripped threaded piece isn't removable.

[fliptuner]

External tranny cooler, problem solved.

[syee]

External tranny cooler, problem solved.

Haha, I guess that's an option. New radiator isn't that expensive. Just have to make the drive down to the US to get it. Ah well. That's the price I pay for being a dumbass.