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Understanding AN Fitting Types

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Budget Turbo Yukon XL 4L80 Conversion: We Have Driveshafts! Torque Converter Spacing & Shop Talk

What happens here

The presenter highlights a critical detail regarding transmission cooler line fittings: the older 4L80E models use two identical straight-threaded fittings with an O-ring base. He strongly warns against using pipe-threaded fittings, even if they appear to fit, as they can cause the transmission case to crack upon tightening. The importance of verifying the correct fitting type (straight thread with O-ring) for AN conversions is emphasized.

Goal: Identify and verify the correct type of AN fittings for transmission cooler lines.

Tools and materials

  • Red Horse AN Fittings Red Horse — Demonstrating the correct fitting type

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oh yeah this is much nicer yeah but see this fitting has this weird thingy on it so when you get an a-n fitting um it's got to have that weird thingy on it and it's got to be straight thread not pipe thread because pipe thread will go into the case but it will crack it so you have to have the straight thread with this o-ring base on it so uh yeah let me pull out this other front one real quick and we can save those for later head over to summit racing in the morning and get some of these that are the right ones i thought there was like a bug landing on my head but it was just the sound of this tape on my hat and i was about to go freaking just start slotting and i realized i don't need to because it's just just this tape here anyway we're gonna open this box from red horse check out these fittings i couldn't find a razor but i found this and this was enough to slice the crap out of my thumbs the other day so i know it'll open this box i use red horse for everything um all of the escalades and plumbing is from red horse it has awesome stuff all their fittings are like black as most of them are so you don't have to deal with the ugly red and blue ones they're black and they're shiny too you can't see some of this stuff um this is not for trans like this is for some of the fuel system on here but we do have the components in here for the translines to this dash six and we'll be hooking this stuff up to this cooler right here which is uh from csf radiators it's actually an oil cooler and i got it for the escalade because i thought i needed an oil cooler well turns out i didn't

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