Y'all,
I am planning an installation of a remote spin-on filter, thermostat, and auxiliary cooler on my '13 LTZ. As of now, my intent is to use the stock hard lines from the transmission up to the point they pass the harmonic balancer, a couple of short sections of soft line, and then 3/8 nickel-copper (AKA nicopp, cunifer) and AN-6 fittings throughout the rest. While I can use the ends of the stock lines where they enter the radiator, I would prefer to be able to use an adapter that can replace the stock quick-connect fittings with a fitting that has a male AN-6 connection. I am aware of adapters like this Derale 13035, but I do not want to use these because I want to minimize the total amount of soft line and hose clamps and want to be able to make a 90° bend as close to the radiator as possible (whether via an AN-6 elbow or a bend in a hard line).
So, what is the thread size of the male side of the quick-connect fittings that screw into the radiator? While I can pull one to measure, I'd prefer not to because I don't have one of those clip tools and I don't have a replacement o-ring on hand (and can't readily find the P/N for it).
Before anyone asks about the thermostat, the way I will be plumbing it, the stock in-radiator cooler will always be in the loop and the auxiliary cooler will only brought in downstream once the thermostat directs the fluid to it. Yes, I am aware this is not how any stock arrangement is, and I am aware that few people plumb auxiliary coolers like this. Yes, I live in Georgia, but I also regularly take trips to Minnesota in the depths of winter, and I want the fluid to come up to temperature as quickly as possible in whatever weather. Companies like Derale and Perma-Cool do not make these thermostats because people don't use them, you know.
TL;DR What is the thread size of the male side of the quick-connect trans cooler fittings in the radiator?
Thanks,
Scrappy
I am planning an installation of a remote spin-on filter, thermostat, and auxiliary cooler on my '13 LTZ. As of now, my intent is to use the stock hard lines from the transmission up to the point they pass the harmonic balancer, a couple of short sections of soft line, and then 3/8 nickel-copper (AKA nicopp, cunifer) and AN-6 fittings throughout the rest. While I can use the ends of the stock lines where they enter the radiator, I would prefer to be able to use an adapter that can replace the stock quick-connect fittings with a fitting that has a male AN-6 connection. I am aware of adapters like this Derale 13035, but I do not want to use these because I want to minimize the total amount of soft line and hose clamps and want to be able to make a 90° bend as close to the radiator as possible (whether via an AN-6 elbow or a bend in a hard line).
So, what is the thread size of the male side of the quick-connect fittings that screw into the radiator? While I can pull one to measure, I'd prefer not to because I don't have one of those clip tools and I don't have a replacement o-ring on hand (and can't readily find the P/N for it).
Before anyone asks about the thermostat, the way I will be plumbing it, the stock in-radiator cooler will always be in the loop and the auxiliary cooler will only brought in downstream once the thermostat directs the fluid to it. Yes, I am aware this is not how any stock arrangement is, and I am aware that few people plumb auxiliary coolers like this. Yes, I live in Georgia, but I also regularly take trips to Minnesota in the depths of winter, and I want the fluid to come up to temperature as quickly as possible in whatever weather. Companies like Derale and Perma-Cool do not make these thermostats because people don't use them, you know.
TL;DR What is the thread size of the male side of the quick-connect trans cooler fittings in the radiator?
Thanks,
Scrappy
