Nope Jeff didn't give me a shop tour.. Though I did raise his eye brow on fact I lifted my head and oil temps enough to cook a piston into failure
LBZ: Fleece transmission cooler lines
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Nope Jeff didn't give me a shop tour.. Though I did raise his eye brow on fact I lifted my head and oil temps enough to cook a piston into failure
Considering the age of my truck and plastic radiator tanks I would not hang that much weight from the plastic radiator housing at the cooler not mention the potential movement and lack of support. The OEM lines with the flexible sections replaced have the best support and for me would be the only option.
So the question is will/did the tank/cooler fail due to age or by adding the additional stress of the hydraulic lines and speed up the process or both items described. If anyone has some OEM steel lines on their garage shelf collecting dust for a LBZ let me know I need them. I want to have them fixed before mine fail, PM me please.
So the question is will/did the tank/cooler fail due to age or by adding the additional stress of the hydraulic lines and speed up the process or both items described. If anyone has some OEM steel lines on their garage shelf collecting dust for a LBZ let me know I need them. I want to have them fixed before mine fail, PM me please.
Those Fleece lines sure look nice!! And so do those nice oversized CAT lines. I guess I will have to pick up a set from XDP. They are local to me, but darn Fleece (or XDP) doesn't allow you to get in on the 10% off sale for Thanksgiving on Fleece products, among many others. Oh well. Thanks for the great info.
And thanks for the info on only taking out one rad cooler fitting at a time, I would have never thought that to be the case.:thumb:
And thanks for the info on only taking out one rad cooler fitting at a time, I would have never thought that to be the case.:thumb:
Bringing this back up.
Just ordered a set, but it says I need additional fittings if I run an aftermarket cooler (PPE). Can anybody confirm?
Just ordered a set, but it says I need additional fittings if I run an aftermarket cooler (PPE). Can anybody confirm?
Hey burn down, any chance you have the lengths of the hoses you could let me know? I'd like to make a set without having my truck down for the fab time and just have it down for a one shot re and re. thanks
I have heard this before and asked but have yet to get an ID measurement of the fitting to confirm. Just curious as to how much bigger than the stock ones they are.
Do you mean it's a 1/2" at the most restricted part or it's a 1/2" fitting?
I ran deviants lines on my built lly transmission. They held up fine for me and easy to install.
Yeah the alligator/drp lines are the way to go hands down.
Had mine on for about 5 years now
Had mine on for about 5 years now
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I have the drp lines on my truck and I wraped them in some HD spiral loom from NC machinery. Same stuff the use on hydraulic hoses. That way I don't have to worry about them getting rubbed through and causing leaks. No problem with the fittings either since install.