At 05:18 PM 3/7/2012, Mitch Haley wrote:
Use two wrenches on the cooler lines. One to turn the nut and the
other to hold the fitting on the filter housing or especially
radiator steady. Situate the wrenches so that you can loosen the nut
by squeezing the two wrenches together, then you won't put any
twisting action on the fitting that isn't supposed to move. Last
thing you want to do is twist the fitting out of the radiator.
I remember doing the counter holding and penetrating oil tricks
on the oil cooler lines on my 83 SD and still the cooler fitting was
messed up when the hose coupling finally came off. Appeared to be
galvanic corrosion between the aluminum fitting and the steel hose
coupling - sort of lumpy crud that when removed showed the fitting to
be badly pitted. I couldn't get it to not seep oil at the lower
cooler connection. I bought a second hand oil cooler by mail and
found the lower fitting corroded in the same way. Salt spray I
guess. Finally just slathered JB Weld on what was left of the
threads of the original cooler fitting and that stopped the
leak. (And now I have a spare cooler for next time.)
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
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