700r4 cooling lines
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Melting Slicks
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From: "ɹǝpunuʍop", Adelaide, South Australia
700r4 cooling lines
after putting the engine back in after it's rebuild, have now noticed that the top cooling pipe is dripping.
what's the best way to get up in there to tighten/nip it up?
there's no room to a spanner onto it to turn it...
bent spanner maybe?
homemade special tool?
what's the best way to get up in there to tighten/nip it up?
there's no room to a spanner onto it to turn it...
bent spanner maybe?
homemade special tool?
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Melting Slicks
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From: "ɹǝpunuʍop", Adelaide, South Australia
good idea, i'll try and find one in the workshop, otherwise i'll make one.... 
is it a 1/2" or 12mm nut?
would it be a metric fitting being that the rest of the case is metric,
or would it be the same as the t400 that came out originally?
is it a 1/2" or 12mm nut?
would it be a metric fitting being that the rest of the case is metric,
or would it be the same as the t400 that came out originally?
Melting Slicks
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From: Thunder Bay
IIRC I had to remove the distributor, unbolt the crossmember, and lower the back of the transmission to access those lines. Not sure what the engineers were thinking when they designed that setup. I like the hole in the floor idea much better!
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Is it the adapter screwed into the case that is leaking or the line screwed into the adapter that is leaking.
If you have stock flare adapters in the case, the line is just 5/16" steel line with inverted flare fittings. Pretty sure that's the same lines and fittings as a TH400. No metric nuts or fittings on these lines.
If you have stock flare adapters in the case, the line is just 5/16" steel line with inverted flare fittings. Pretty sure that's the same lines and fittings as a TH400. No metric nuts or fittings on these lines.
Instructor
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From: Raleigh NC
Yes, if you just need to tighten you can do it with a crows foot. If you needed to get it started it's possible to do it (I've done it once) but every time after that I REMEMBERED to put the lines on BEFORE the trans is fully in place.
100%.and I will also use a universal on the crowfoot for added flexibility.