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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 1:39 PM
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*1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA 4 door V6 3.1 Liter FI

Do I need a 5/8 inch or 1" for this car?

Any online parts recomendations?
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dplantz
*1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA 4 door V6 3.1 Liter FI

Do I need a 5/8 inch or 1" for this car?

Any online parts recomendations?
5/8" or 1" for what? HUH? A wrench???

Just put a radiator in. Bleed the cooling system properly. Replace the radiator cap if you have one, or if it is on the overflow tank - replace it if it has never been replaced or replaced a long time ago.
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Old Apr 3, 2015 | 9:16 AM
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Sorry the 5/8 or 1" reference is to the core depth Online sites show both sizes
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Old Apr 3, 2015 | 5:07 PM
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You got me. You could head to your chevy parts store and give them your VIN and they should be able to tell you.

Have you tried gm-parts direct? I'm not sure what the difference is between w/HD and w/o HD cooling?? What is HD cooling?
that's probably the difference.

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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 8:03 AM
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...or you could measure the one in your car.
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Old Apr 6, 2015 | 9:13 AM
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lol I could if it were here, It will be towed to me this week, was just wanting to get a jump dering the part. From what I have read since then the 5/8 is for base car the 1" is simply called HD for heavy duty As live in hot Texas, think I will get the 1:
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 9:23 AM
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Ended up ordering one from RockAuto online. $102 and it was an easy swap. Only hard part was prying the engine forward to put those body struts back on the front. Just took borrowing my wife for a minute. And even tho the part description said it was a 1" radiator, the actual part was a 5/8....oh well
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Old Apr 14, 2015 | 11:07 AM
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Maybe the 5/8th is 1/2

What does your old one measure?
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Old Apr 15, 2015 | 9:58 AM
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Well it is same as the new one 5/8 I guess the 1" one was for heavy duty Lumina's ( is there such a thing?" lol
Was not aware people may tow with them
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