HELP! 5speed radiator replacement help!

why would it not?

Well it says in the haynes manual

if you have an automatic transsmission, remove the automatic transmission cooling lines from the radiator.

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Is there any other reason to have this line hooked up to the radiator?

And where we got the radiator, and other places we called, they told us, with a manual, you leave the automatic transmisson cooler lines plugged on the radiator.

smokinfastlegend said:

Well it says in the haynes manual

Is there any other reason to have this line hooked up to the radiator?

And where we got the radiator, and other places we called, they told us, with a manual, you leave the automatic transmisson cooler lines plugged on the radiator.

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My 92 HELM in the Manual Transmission section makes reference to disconnecting two oil cooler hoses from the oil cooler (page 13-5, step 11) when removing the manual transmission. The Illustrated diagram on page 13-8 shows two oil pump pipes (78 & 80) called oil pump pipe A and B. Usually with a manual transmission you do leave the radiator A/T cooler lines plugged.

k

hey joe,

I have pulled mine twice i think...and they are just oil cooler lines(or diff perhaps??) but no big deal just take them off and pull them higher than the lowest point so they dont leak and plug them.

good luck.

Ps--by the battery, the wires, horn etc is a biatch!

k thanks! The haynes makes no real reference or designation to what they are, it sux cause they only did a 93 auto for their tear down. ARG.

Also, you might want to check and top off the fluid in the trans. afterwards since you lose whatever oil was in the cooler. I would check it after you've run it for the first time with the new radiator. That way the cooler in the radiator has oil in it and you can get an accurate check of the oil level in the trans.

why not just put them back on? Thats what I did when I replaced my radiator. yeah, that area around the battery is a pain.

misdeismo said:

why not just put them back on? Thats what I did when I replaced my radiator. yeah, that area around the battery is a pain.

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Yeah, definitely put them back on. I assume Swift just meant plug the lines while you replace the radiator so you don't lose excess fluid, not remove and plug them permanently.

sorry joey, missed this one...


yea, they are transmission cooler lines. like kenso said, top off your trans fluid since you're going to loose the fluid that was in the lines and cooler.

Legend manual transmissions are equipped with a circulating system to cool the fluid. one of the only manual transmission equipped cars i know of from the factory with this installed standard.

a double-redundant system was honda's goal it seemed with this car. everything is cooled or piped to another part for support.