Autobox Hose Connector Size

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m1key
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Post Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:54 pm

Does anyone know what the size of the THREAD on the hoses that come from the auto box to the radiator...

Is it 1/2" 5/8" or 3/4" BSP ?????????

Or neither ? ?

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Post Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:51 pm

whatever it is will be metric, so forget all that ( " ) nonsense!!

I'm taking mine off in a couple of days, so I'll measure it with my thread gauge.
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:37 am

Not sure what model you have, but I had a look in the ETK, and the threaded fitting that screws into the auto box has two different threads. One end is M16, and the other is M18. Thread pitch for both is 1.5.

There's no mention of the thread size at the radiator end, but it will be the same as at the auto box end.

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