Antifreeze res, no longer hooked up

[lofton316]

I broke the plastic piece off the radiator that hook the reservoir to the radiator.
Glue worked for awhile but when the car get hot it would pop off. now antifreeze sprays out of the little hole and i have to refill it everyday. And plus i lost the little plastic piece yesterday so whatelse can i do. Buying a new radiator wouldnt make since for a small little plastic piece, im sure there got to be a way to get this hooked back up. any ideas?

 

[Payneful13]

Others may have a better suggestion but for the short term, I would use JB Weld. It's a type of glue that you have to mix together, if you get enough of it on there, it won't come apart anymore...ever. It will stay through the heat andf through the cold, it's pretty darn good. You should be able to find it at any Home Depot, Lowes or any hardware store. Possibly at your local auto parts store too, not sure though.

 

[distorted]

is there enough room to drill and pop a tire valve stem through? with the valve removed of course....just a thought...i have a rad in my garage i kept outta my 93....but i`m in ontario canada.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Tap an NPT thread into the hole, and use a small piece of brass pipe.

 

[ExploringNC]

Tap an NPT thread into the hole, and use a small piece of brass pipe.

Then use JB Weld on the threads.

 

[BrooklynBay]

They make brass fittings with barbed hose ends of various sizes. Autozone has these fittings under their counter in metal storage trays.

 

[aldive]

Barbed brass fitting in every size are commonly available at any hardware store.

 

[manaen]

All that stuff will work, but you could also get another radiator at a JY.

Also for those who may not know.
You need to have that hose hooked up for a working system. It's not just an overflow think of it more as an auxilary tank. the radiator expands and contracts into that tank, so when it is hot, fluid goes in, but as it gets cool it sucks fuild back into the radiator to keep itself full. Without it your cooling system will not be completely full, which will give a much less efficient cooling system.