Re: [Amc-list] Transmission line help

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I don't recall there being flex line at any point in the Eagles trans lines.
No harm in them, if done correctly.
Depending on access, you may wish to retain/replace it. Just make sure all tubings ends have the bulge and use the proper hose! Not fuel line. Low pressure P/S hose works well. Double clamps don't hurt as long as you don't overtorque them till you've peeled half the rubber off!
  If it's a made hose with ends, you can get a replacement by contacting local parts stores, A/C shops or here we have an actual Aeroquip store!!! Take the old one in and they will reproduce it. Last time I had one done it was not outrageously expensive and the hose fits!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> Jamie,
> 
> Inline Tube (http://www.inlinetube.com) can make a new set from your old 
> ones. Also, you can buy 5/16" steel line and make your own.
> 
> Matt
> 
> Jamie Smith wrote:
> > A few months ago I developed a transmission leak on my 86 Eagle. I have to add 
> about a quart of fluid a week. Until today I had not had time to try to find the 
> leak (I figured it was a pan gasket or something like that). Today I finally got 
> under there and started looking (the undercarriage is well lubricated) and 
> noticed that where the front drive shaft is pretty rusty looking there is a well 
> polished band about 2 inches wide. Looking above it, there is a flexible line 
> that appears to be about 6 to 8 inches long (I couldn't really tell, it was hard 
> to see) and it runs from the side of the tranny to one of the cooling lines that 
> runs to the radiator. This flex line is resting on the front drive shaft and has 
> a pretty good size hole in it. Where can I find one of those lines flex lines? 
> > 
> > My boss, whom I got the car from, had a rebuilt tranny installed about 7 years 
> ago and only drove the car for a year before parking it. It then sat until about 
> 3 years ago when they gave it to me for my birthday and I have been driving it 
> about 2 and a half years. It appears that when the tranny was installed this 
> line was installed incorrectly so it sits on the drive shaft. I am surprised it 
> took that long to wear a hole in the line. 
> > 
> > Jamie Smith
> > Spokane, WA.
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> > 1981 Jeep Wagoneer (for sale)
> > 198? Jeep Wagoneer (parts, for sale))
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