Trans line Help Needed (Pic)
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From: Shelby Twp MI
Trans line Help Needed (Pic)
I bought a new set of ss lines from In-Line Tube but they do not match up with what I took off.
Please take a look at the pick, it looks like the old ones were spliced and the portion going into the radiator is a positive screw-in type. The new ones stop short and it looks like a rubber line needs to be added to continue them to the radiator. If so, I probably need to find a nipple or something that stick out of the radiator and downward to the new lines, right?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...h/DSC01440.jpg
If anyone has any pics of thier routing, I would greatly appreciate it! Man am I glad I've been keeping the old parts as I go...
Please take a look at the pick, it looks like the old ones were spliced and the portion going into the radiator is a positive screw-in type. The new ones stop short and it looks like a rubber line needs to be added to continue them to the radiator. If so, I probably need to find a nipple or something that stick out of the radiator and downward to the new lines, right?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...h/DSC01440.jpg
If anyone has any pics of thier routing, I would greatly appreciate it! Man am I glad I've been keeping the old parts as I go...
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Scottsdale Arizona
Same on my 81 and 73. i believe that it should not be hard line all the way to the rad. there should be a short (6 inch) piece of tubing separating the rad and the end of the hard tubing.
Drifting
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From: Collinsville MS
St. Jude Donor '08
Same on my 78. Believe it so that vibration and twisting doesnt rip or crack the steel line. The rubber allows it to flex a little.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Cartersville GA
My '69 also has the short rubber sections.
When I replaced mine, I just went to my local APCO and bought straight tubing and bent it myself. I already had a tube bender from previous jobs, so this was a "cost effective" solution for me. I just used the old tubes as guides to bend the new tubes. Also, I think I just re-used the short pieces that screw into the radiator. Unless they are just really buggered up, they can be easily cleaned since they are so short.
When I replaced mine, I just went to my local APCO and bought straight tubing and bent it myself. I already had a tube bender from previous jobs, so this was a "cost effective" solution for me. I just used the old tubes as guides to bend the new tubes. Also, I think I just re-used the short pieces that screw into the radiator. Unless they are just really buggered up, they can be easily cleaned since they are so short.
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