Plastic overflow fitting half stuck into radiator
 

Well, as i was letting the car idle in the garage listening for the new belt whine, and reving it a bit, i was able to get a sight on the small coolant leak thats been bugging me... its infrequent but its there.

it appears to be coming from a fitting on the top drivers side corner of the radiator. just above the hose that goes to the top of the block. the best i can see this is the overflow line...

i tapped the suspect fitting and the plastic fitting came free from the radiator with just the touch of my finger.

there was just under a 1/4" of thread left on that fitting and judging from the look of it, the remaing threads are STUCK in the radiator!

luckly, i was able to gently screw it back into place and so far its not leaking, and its holding pretty tight on what few threads are there.

how do i go about extracting the reamaing threads from the radiator?

then i guess it should be easy enough to just order up a new fitting from pelican.

as always, thanks in advance,
Kevin

You can use an ez-out to get the rest out if you can get it. They get stuck in there pretty tight. Make sure you order a new sealing ring to go under the new fitting.

found the parts...
944-106-927-00-M100
944-106-928-00-M100
thanks for the help tom, i'll give it a shot this week.


EDIT FOR COMPLETION:
thanks for the help guys, i ended up using a small EZ OUT and it came right out, easier than suspected. i used a nylon seal from a local store with a new adapter from pelican and it all went back together just fine.

you can heat the end of a flat-head screwdriver enough to melt a bit of the plastic... let it sit in there until the plastic re-cools, and then gently unscrew the piece out of the radiator.

the method works... ask how i know :(

lucky it's an easy fix, and not too expensive