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Coolant Return Line Fitting In Block Questions
fatty Offline
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#1
Hello fellow message board members. I am new to this forum. I have done the search already and performed the same search all over the interwebs. I have not had any luck finding an answer to the question so now I post it to you all in hopes I can have an answer.

I bought a 86 2.3 turbo engine out of a wrecked thunderbird to put in my motorless 86 Thunderbird. Somewhere along the lines someone removed the return coolant line from the block and turbo. I have seen pics of it and its a little nipple looking fitting that threads in the block. What size are those threads?????

Also thanks for showing me a few great ways on getting around the trashed coolant supply line. That copper job was beautiful.
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Pete D Offline
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#2
Welcome to the board.
It looks like 1/2" x 20 pipe thread
Pete Dunham
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fatty Offline
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#3
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! This board has alot of great information.
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Robert Camp Offline
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#4
Pete, perhaps you're describing the oil return fitting??? In the blocks I have I find a 1/4-18 NPT nipple fitting for the water feed line on the lower right block.

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BTW, for the turbo the feed line is from the lower block, the return line is to the line off the thermostat housing.
Robert Camp
'86 Medium Regatta Blue TC, 5-speed, original owner.
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Pete D Offline
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#5
Robert. Are we talking the same thing here? I may not have stated the size correctly. It is a tapered thread and the largest diameter is just under to 0.5" dia. I didn't have the factory fitting but did use something else that seemed to fit the hole perfectly. My thread gauge said 20 but the light wasn't real great

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Pete Dunham
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Pete D Offline
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#6
OK I took the fitting I was using to a plumbing store and they said it's a 1/4 and the thread pitch is 20, had someone else verify that. I don't know what size the barb is as I don't have one handy
Pete Dunham
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Robert Camp Offline
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#7
Yep, pipe thread sizing doesn't match up with machine bolts. The 1/4 inch is supposed to represent the pipe ID. So a 1/4" fitting will be larger. Sorry I got the thread pitch wrong, I stupidly used the first pitch that came to mind instead of verifying. I believe that's considered a 1/4" barb. The adaptor is a 1/4-20 NPT to 1/4 barb fitting.
Robert Camp
'86 Medium Regatta Blue TC, 5-speed, original owner.
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fatty Offline
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#8
That is the fitting I bought the 1/2 and it was too big then swapped it for 1/4 one now i need to go back to get the right barb size they gave me a 3/8 one its HUGE!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks again everyone!!!!!!!!!
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Pete D Offline
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#9
Fatty, Sorry about the mis-information.
Pete Dunham
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