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Jul 26, 2019 | 12:12 PM

fake

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Transmission cooler lines

Need to make some hard lnes ! What tools do i need? Is a flair needed on both ends for attachment to rubber lines?

Jul 26, 2019 | 12:16 PM

Easy Mike

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You can buy the lines through the Corvette aftermarket providers. No need to make your own.

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Jul 26, 2019 | 03:13 PM

7T1vette

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You can easily make your own. But, you must remember to put a "bulge" on the end of the hard line that connects to the rubber hose (so it can't slip off when clamped).

Also, you MUST use high pressure hydraulic hose; oil from the 'cooler out' line exits at around 100 psi. When oil is cold, those hose pieces might se 40-50 psi at times.

Jul 26, 2019 | 03:36 PM

Douglas Mariani

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Easy Mike

You can buy the lines through the Corvette aftermarket providers. No need to make your own.

Agreed and also less chance of problems when you go through the Corvette aftermarket providers.

Jul 27, 2019 | 09:58 PM

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Most aftermarket vendors just sell the stuff supplied to them. Much of it is foreign-made. Rubber products are not something that they do well. All you need is a couple of short pieces of good hydraulic hose. Most 'good' auto parts stores can cut what you need off batch reels of hose.

Jul 28, 2019 | 09:56 AM

TimAT

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Transmission Cooler hose is marked clearly "Trans Cooler". Don't let some parts store guy cut you a piece of hose and tell you it's ok for trans cooler. It's not. Vacuum/Fuel line won't stand the heat, oil, and pressure.

Jul 29, 2019 | 12:40 PM

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They tell me brake lines will do for oil cooler lines (Transmission)What psi we looking at any rubber lines are okay?

Jul 29, 2019 | 04:49 PM

HeadsU.P.

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They tell me brake lines will do for oil cooler lines (Transmission)What psi we looking at any rubber lines are okay?

Different diameter ! ?

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Jul 29, 2019 | 05:12 PM

dmaxx3500

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a company in ohio sells pre-bent fuel-brake-trans lines

''THE RIGHT STUFF'',,THEY MAKE MOST OF THE LINES YOU FIND AFTERMARKET,and on new oem cars too

in regular and doubled annealed stainless