i just go the rad for my motor swap and the 2 tubes are cut can i just connect keep them on there and connect them with the old with a rubber tube with clamps on the ends? (if i can keep my old ons) or do i need to get all new ones? any help would be great.
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First off, you must be a serious hot rodder takin car parts into the man's kingdom and settin the parts on his throne
Yes you can use rubber fuel line to attach to the lines coming off the radiator. Just about everybody running tranny coolers knows this as common practice. You could smear a little RTV around the tube before pushing the rubber lines on as an extra pre-caution.

 

Best thing to do would be to remove those stubs, and hook your car's lines up to the fittings where they belong.

I would not use fuel line. Sure, "everybody" does it, but "everybody" also has leaks. Power steering return hose does better but still deteriorates over time. I personally prefer to always run steel lines, I go to the store and spend $5 a stick for a long enough piece, and use a tubing bender, and duplicate the original routing. Permanent, leak-free, neat, and failure-proof. Oh - and did I mention, it lasts more than a week without leaking? And you don't have to keep replacing it because it leaks? There may be other benefits to doing the job right too, I just can't think of them right now.

 

i agree take them out and use yours..

 

yep at least high pressure hose as mentioned

 

But I have to say, using the original style metal lines is the SECOND best solution.


My 1st choice would be shedding you're car of the dead weight you call a tranny, and swapping in a manual tranny. Then you can just plug the ports on the radiator