At 09:41 PM 1/10/2013, Dieselhead wrote about galled oil cooler fittings:
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Or you can just go to the listmom or fleabay or the car-part.com and
buy a used oil cooler. That way someone else had to take the big
oil line nuts off.
I did this - bought a used one - when I was trying to do the
fix on my 83 300SD. Although it wasn't pitted as badly, the used one
leaked oil at the lower fitting like the original. Eventually I gave
up and just slathered the threads on the original with JB Weld. That
has been working for about 15 years. My plan is if/when I have to
replace the oil cooler hoses again and I can't get the lower hose off
I will do the JB Weld trick once more with the spare cooler I now have.
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
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