Re: [ihc] tranny coolant lines and flare tools

[william cunningham <slypigs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,
Not to dicourage you but the flare joints on my T'lett tranny cooler lines tend
to leak more than the hard line to rubber joints. Now this may not be apples to
apples. The hard line joints are mid way between the tranny and the cooler, may
be OEM (30 years old), and are in a position to vibrate/flex a lot. The rubber
lines are short, in front of the engine bay, and fairly fresh. I  take better
care of the rubber lines because it is a stand up job, the hard lines don't get
as much attention because I have to crawl under the truck.
Do you have a filter and a cooler?
Willy

Dan Nees wrote:

> Reapers,
>
>    A couple of years ago I added a spin on oil filter for my auto tranny
> that I remote located under the master cylinder. I could not find any
> fittings at the time to allow me to hard pipe steel lines directly to the
> filter. Only because I was trying to put it in right away and didn't feel
> like waiting.
>
>    Since I didn't run hard lines I have short sections of rubber from some
> nipples to the hard lines. These rubber lines eventually get hard and start
> to leak with exposure to the exaust heat and such.
>
>    Therefore, my question is, I now want to hard pipe the lines all the way
> in, but; would anyone have a problem with me using flare compression
> couplings on the lines to join them together rather than make all new lines?
> They would of course be double flare fittings. I have small leakes from all
> these rubber lines, even with double clamps on the rubber and want to stop
> all these damn leaks.
>
> Dan Nees
>
> cookiedan@domain.elided