draining a radiator

ram2500

so i learnrd a little bit yesterday...

on my truck, the little valve at the bottom of my radiator must be opened using the following procedure:

1) turn 1/4-turn ccw
2) turn another 1/4-turn ccw while pulling the handle outward from the valve base (the valve will pull away about 0.25 inches)
3) turn 1/8-turn ccw

it is the last little turn which let's the fluid drain.

i know y'all have been waiting on pins and needles for this information, so i'm sorry it took so long for me to post. Mr. Green

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stuck on the trane...someone please help!

Willie

ohhh..ahhhhhh

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"Our cars are different in Texas, we want to be able to carry guns, spit chewing tobacco, call on our cell phones or sharpen our knives while driving"
- State Representative Joe Pickett, D - El Paso, as quoted in the Dallas Morning News April 2009

Slick Willie

Well I'll be dang. Didn't know it was that complicated.

I drained mine on my F350, but the plug was plastic, I got it out fine, but of course I broke it off when tightening it. Funny thing is I think Ford expected this problem with a weak plastic plug, so the inside of the plug has an allen wrench hole. Mine didn't leak after it broke, so I said f it and just left it.

Crazy radiator stories in this thread...

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-Will
'08 F-350 Crew Cab Short Bed 6.4L 6speed 4x4
'86 Wagoneer HP60, 14ff, 42's, + a few mods

ram2500

mine's plastic, too. that is why i was so nervous about not knowing for sure how to do it. i called some folks to get advice, but ended up just going for it.

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stuck on the trane...someone please help!