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Default Re: Fitting replacement radiator with broken transmission lines

I'll try uploading a few pictures:


This was taken from the bottom looking up at the lower banjo fitting. Notice how the two are located as to side to side.



This is the two transmission lines as they go alongside the radiator from the rear to the front of the car.



these are the two A/C lines which run to the condenser on the left side of the car. That is left when setting in the drivers seat; Not standing in front looking at the car.

The two transmission lines do not go through that hole. You have them routed OK. BUT:
The way you have the transmission lines hooked up isn't original, so long as you have them seated properly it will work as you have them. Better to be hooked up than bent and kinked to the point fluid won't flow. The longer tubing originally ran between the fins of the radiator and the lower banjo; Closer to the center of the car. You have the longer tubing towards the out side of the car. There is a bracket on those two lines that holds them in their proper relationship to each other right where they pass around the radiator. It sets just under the large lower hose that runs to the water pump.

From your photo it appears the A/C condenser is missing. It should fit just in front of the radiator with about a 3/16 to 1/4 inch gap. It is that condenser that the above two A/C lines would attach.

I wish the above pictures where better, but it is the only camera I have ($26.00 ) that I can get to download onto my computer.
 
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