trans cooling lines
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Instructor
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From: floral city fl
trans cooling lines
i need some help!!! my trans cooling lines on my 75 vette rubbed a hole in each other. so i thought it should not be to hard to replace two lines. my question is where the line enter the trans i cannot get a wrench up in that tight area. now there is a canister on the side of the trans with a line that runs up topside. do i have to remove that canister to get to the lines or is there a tool out there to get to remove the nuts on the trans lines. any help would be great.
thanks scott
thanks scott
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
its a tight spot but if you lie under the car there is one spot that a small open end wrench will fit on and you will get a 1/4 turn....it is a PITA
Melting Slicks
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From: Sulphur LA
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Be very careful working around the detent cable I broke a new one right were it enters the trans while working on my cooling lines.
Neal
Neal
Melting Slicks
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From: Long Island New York
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
its a tight spot but if you lie under the car there is one spot that a small open end wrench will fit on and you will get a 1/4 turn....it is a PITA
Bob's right, I just did mine, it can be done, but a PITA.
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From: Scottsdale Arizona
Originally Posted by Artsvette73
A little more work but you remove the crossmember and lower the trans. Just be carefull of the distributer cap when you lower it.
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From: Austin TX
It just took me 6 hours last weekend to get the upper line bent and connected on my 700R4 swap. I went from a TH350 to 700R4. When I removed the TH350 I remember using a crow's foot on an end of a 3/8" rachet with some extentions and wobble head (be careful not to strip threads). After I got the lines bent correctly, this is the same method I used to tighten them back up. I also did the wrench from above by sticking your arm through the top of the tranny/floor and turning it very very slowly.
Burning Brakes
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From: Paducah Ky
Originally Posted by Star79
I saw how much room there was to reach the lines and did this.....
...floors are non-original anyway
...floors are non-original anyway
Melting Slicks
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From: Long Island New York
Originally Posted by gyopp
removing the cross member should be much easier than removing pass seat, center console, removing carpet, and doing a bubba mod to the floorpan.
Definiately not something I would do to mine.
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From: Montreal Qc.
Originally Posted by gyopp
removing the cross member should be much easier than removing pass seat, center console, removing carpet, and doing a bubba mod to the floorpan.
Like I said, the floors were replaced before anyway. If there's a problem, the guys on The Forum gave it their blessing first
(okay GSC3 did it before me anyway....)
Last edited by Star79; Oct 28, 2006 at 11:51 PM.