aluminum radiator 5/16 trans cooler line fix

[wayne petty]

the other day... the 84 vette came back... this time with a leaking transmission cooler line.. the bottom one at the radiator... a welded aluminum radiator..   someone other than me had cross threaded the hard to get to bottom line..   you know the one under the lower hose outlet.....  the almost impossible one to get in...

i rummaged through the fitting drawers at the local autozone..

i ran across one fitting that i thought would work... i had gone through the dorman catalog nothing listed... i carry one in the van...   in one of the drawers i found a dorman 499-014.1   its not even on their web site...  the autozone SKU is 483420...   it fits into the radiator where the 5/16 inverted flair fitting screwed in.. the 5/16 inverted flair tube screwed right in.. saving my customer and me  a huge problem...

it's made out of steel also... so it will last through many in's and out's .

i just thought that i would share this as i know that once in a great while... somebody will have a similar problem with an aluminum radiator... or will take preventive action and pick up a pair before installing the aluminum radiator...

hope this helps some one out...