Koyo Radiator problem...help needed ASAP

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Florida240sx
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I've read it before and someone told me when I told them I was buying one....Koyo radiator is one month old and the drain plug is leaking.......I was told they last 1-2years...... Going to Nopi friday morning...So what have yall been using to put in the drian plug that's metal..... I thought I was told a bolt with rubber washer.....

Can someone please tell and show me exactly what I need??? Thanx


KATwo40
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Here ya' go buddy. I posted this in the KA section a while back.

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j-z
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car looks good in the sig pic, but its screaming drop me. i called george the other day about those springs and theyre already gone. atleast cut yours for the nopi ride. i hope you cleaned all the shlt out of your car too lol. i got my AF dialed in really good now and its pulls like a freight train. it still has that slight hesitation to get up and go after up shifting, but no where near as bad. its time for a slight boost adjustment now .

Florida240sx
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I'm officially in red alert level pissed at auto part stores now..... Go there to get a m10x1 bolt and non of them had it....... But what makes it worse is they have it listed on their board where you can screw into it, and they have the 10x1 nut to go on the bolt, but no F#$@#% bolt..... Ended up using a 3/8 24 fine thread going to teflon tape it and used the black gasket maker.......

KATwo40
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No hardware stores near you?

Florida240sx
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Only one and they closed an hour before I got off work....I tightened it this mornign before work and it didn't leak today..... Doing my oil chnage and then goign to start her up and see if she starts to leak.....

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EazyBreazy
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stop at a home depot or somewhere im sure theyll have one that'l work

j-z
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home depot and metric are two words that dont belong in the same sentence. ACE will def have it.

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Jookmasta
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lowes ftw................

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EazyBreazy
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j-z wrote:home depot and metric are two words that dont belong in the same sentence. ACE will def have it.
doh.....homedepot ftl

Florida240sx
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None of them have it, I went there trying to find a bolt for my hotpipe as well..... I work at another lumber so I don't like them to begin with.....Maybe there is some law in Florida that m10x1 bolts are not allowed to be sold...... I give up on the damn thing..... It ain't leaking right now.....

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I go to one of the True Value hardware stores actually left for most of my nuts and bolts. It is family owned and everytime I walk in, they ask to see what bolt I need, I show or tell them and they find it for me. They have almost everything I need short of hardware made of high end materials. They cost a tad more, but it's worth it. Not to mention it's a few blocks from me, so that helps a lot.


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