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Old 10-26-2013, 01:23 AM   #22
Ackattack
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Re: 97 Jeep TJ fixer upper

I got the transmission in and all is working good there. So I moved on to the next issues.

The radiator had a slight leak out of it, just a drip every once in awhile. It made a 4" puddle in the garage during the month+ that I was rebuilding the transmission. It was coming out of the trans cooler fittings. So I tried tighting up the retaining ring and it started leaking worse and worse. Finally it broke, draining out all of the fluid.

So I figure I'm going to have to replace the radiator. But before I do, I'm going to try to fix this one. I pulled off the lower plastic reservoir and the trans cooler is interesting setup, but I removed it. So tomorrow I'm going to get a couple of fender washers and seal it up with that. Then I'll put the lower reservoir back on, ratchet strap the reservoir on tight and bend the tabs back and hopefully it will seal up....otherwise....back to buying a new radiator.
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