Need some help
05-06-2011, 08:34 PM
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Need some help
Hey guys, full story aside, i've learned that my passenger side upper control arm hits the edge of my oil pan, and as luck would f*cking have it, my transmission oil lines. It crushed one of them and caused my fitting to blow out, pouring all my trans fluid out. Anyways, onto the important part:
Has anyone else ever had clearance issues with the upper control arm? I've not once heard of this happening. Anyways, I'm re-routing the lines in rubber tomorrow...unfortunately I'm having a hell of a time finding barb adapters for the metric threads that mount to the transmission.
Has anyone else ever had clearance issues with the upper control arm? I've not once heard of this happening. Anyways, I'm re-routing the lines in rubber tomorrow...unfortunately I'm having a hell of a time finding barb adapters for the metric threads that mount to the transmission.
05-07-2011, 10:23 PM
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Again, bumping for replies. I ended up routing 3.5 feet of 3/8" ID rubber oil line to replace the crushed steel lines. Seems to be running fine.
05-08-2011, 10:26 AM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.Slow
I had the same problem and just ended up using about three inches of the old line where the fitting was and took my tubing flare tool to barb the end. after that i used regular rubber transmission line all the way up but routed it up higher on the frame rail. Works fine and havent had any problems with it so far.
