Midwest Hose, Oklahoma City and many other cities, has some fittings that swivel that may work for your application. I know I purchased a 3/8" fitting inverted flair male and female that swiveled so it could be clocked as needed.. Hope this helps. Jack
Best solution I have found for this problem... Use the Edelman fitting pictured with the barb on one side and the inverted flare male on the other..then use "push lock " hose....rated 300 psi...no problem for trans cooler lines. Tucks in real tight to the radiator..
Sounds like your fan is too big or something isn't mounted correctly. The fan should be high enough that the cooler lines can come out of the radiator and make a flat 90 degree turn and be well below the fan. Don't think ive ever seen cooler lines that turn vertical at the radiator before. I've run into some replacement radiators that have NPT threads for the cooler lines and you have to buy a NPT to inverted flare fitting. I accidentally found that my local ace hardware store has the fittings but not where you would think. They aren't with all the other brass fittings. They are in the bulk nut and bolt area and they are cheap. If you can find them at auto parts stores they are $6-8 each. A little over $1 at the hardware store.
Funny, I'm working through a similar situation, '57 Chevy Frankentruck, hacked up and stitched back together. In a more perfect world, the fan would be mounted high enough and be sized to clear all hoses and trans lines, but it ain't. 350 V8, as far as I can tell, probably not from a 'Vette though, 19" flex fan where the fan circle sits a little lower than the bottom rad. tank, TH350 auto, some kinda' later Chevy chassis, so nothing really matches up like a stock truck would. The pic that the O.P. had where the fan path interferes with one of the trans cooler lines is about the same thing I'm dealing with. The guy at the Rad. shop confirmed that I need a 1/4" NPT fitting, but didn't have any suggestions on the 90 degree turn fittings. I'll have to spend some time pawing through the local Ace Hardware to see if I can follow txturbo's lead. For right now, I'm using an external cooler, and bypassing the whole issue. Ain't blaming none of this on Al Gore, by the way. Thanks, Kinky6
I realize this is way after the discussion, but maybe others will still read it. I was searching for a "street T" with 3/8-24 threads ....NOT pipe threads. I have in my hand a T fitting made by Eaton that has all three holes threaded for a 3/8-24 thread with an inverted flare connection in all of them. It says Eaton on the side and nothing else. I found an Eaton Brass Catalog on line and about page 130 they have brake fittings. They show a group of T shaped fittings made with two female connections and one male connection. They have several sizes and they are all straight thread, NOT tapered pipe threads. So its not exactly what everyone wants, but it may help someone. Typical numbers: 3/16 tube 3/8-24 thd (all three places) #7900 3/16 tube 1/2-20 thd / 3/8-24/ and 1/2-20 male thread #7906 There are 8 part numbers 7900,7906,7933,7905,7914,7901,7904,7898 Its called a Towed Trailer Brake Tee
Stumbled upon this thread today after my search for this same fitting. Closest I found was the edelmann but couldn't get one. Eventually I found the weatherhead number, and my warehouse had stock. 05706B-B65 (1/2-20 inverted to 3/8 barb) 05705B-B65 (1/2-20 inverted to 5/16 barb) Neither of these are in any weather head catalog I have Didn't want to use hose just because hardline looks better, but even AN fittings wouldn't fit where I needed it to go.
https://www.amazon.com/Weatherhead-05706B-B65-Inverted-Swivel-Fitting/dp/B008I5GUKS https://www.amazon.com/Weatherhead-05705B-B65-Inverted-Swivel-Fitting/dp/B008I5GVQ6
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