OregonXJ91

I have a 91 jeep cherokee and i just bought a new upper trans cooler line. the line coming out of the radiator will not fit into the new line end. why is this was it just a bad part or is it something else. all input helps.

J_Irish85

Is the leak in the rubber line? If so remove the squeeze clamp holding it right above the fittings and pull the rubber line off.

dano72

I see that this is an old tread, but I recently had the same problem. The metal line (that attaches to the radiator with the flare fitting), the other end is too long for the new replacement hose fitting. I had a factory metal line and new hose fitting. The metal line would bottom out in the fitting and it would not grab the crimp bead on the metal hose. So I ground down the very end of the metal line (below the line crimp/bead). After cleaning the metal and smoothing the end I re-inserted and it fit nicely. The seal here is an o-ring seal, so as long as it goes in and locks it is fine.