I have been in Cleveland this past week visiting family and my upper oil cooler line on my 85 300TDT is dripping about a drip every 3 seconds at idle. It started as a very minor weep before I departed from FL last week and I fear my snugging of the line a couple days ago started a stronger leak. It's too much of a leak for me to comfortably drive almost 1,000 miles at highway speed.
The leak is predominately coming out at the back of the nut on the oil cooler line. I am using two wrenches, with one ground down for clearance on the oil cooler nipple. I cleaned and decreased both ends of the coupling and used 600 grit Emory to very carefully clean the chamfered/beveled mating edges. It almost seems as if I am running out of the thread. The coupling is snug and tight but still leaks. The oil cooler nipple front thread looks suspect and kind of chewed, very minor but not suspect.
I am going to try and find a 22x1.5 die to redress the oil cooler nipple threads and possibly find a new upper oil cooler line locally. I am in the Old Brooklyn area of Cleveland near Memphis and Fulton. If anyone has a spare upper cooler line and possibly an oil cooler if needed I would be greatly appreciative
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Anyone know what size tap I would need to redress the threads inside the nut on the upper cooler line?
Any other suggestions....pipe dope, jb weld? I need to leave Cleveland ASAP to be back at work Tuesday morning.
06-30-2013, 01:58 PM
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