im new here so ill start by saying hello to all the fellow xj enthusiasts on here!
i have a 96 xj sport 4x4 4.0
i recently smashed in my tranny cooler lines and picked up some new ones from autozone here in redlands, i replaced them and it wasnt easy, all the quick disconnecters werent so quick, and all of them were differenty from the ones origionally on there, so i put them together as well as i could, did a few bonzai runs down a dirt road near my home, and had one leak, the return line at the bottom of the radiator, not where it enters the radiator, but where the line has the quick disco, it wasnt major, replaced the o rings again in the line, did another run down the road, less leak, but its still there, i dont believe the connectors mate properly with the oem ones on the radiator, the lines werent even bent completely like the originals, were a little off, so i had to take the tubing bender to them.
my question is: where the flexible portion of the line meets the quick disco at the end, could i chop the quick disco, and slide the line over the flare of the line that meets the bottom of the radiator, hose clamp it, and leave it like that? will this work as a permanent solution? ive heard of people removing quick discos before but it usually involves alot of other stuff, and i cant find a write up on this through any searches. any response on the matter is greatly appreciated as this jeep is my dd aswell as my semi-play-thing, thanks guys! and i apologise about the lengthy post.
i have a 96 xj sport 4x4 4.0
i recently smashed in my tranny cooler lines and picked up some new ones from autozone here in redlands, i replaced them and it wasnt easy, all the quick disconnecters werent so quick, and all of them were differenty from the ones origionally on there, so i put them together as well as i could, did a few bonzai runs down a dirt road near my home, and had one leak, the return line at the bottom of the radiator, not where it enters the radiator, but where the line has the quick disco, it wasnt major, replaced the o rings again in the line, did another run down the road, less leak, but its still there, i dont believe the connectors mate properly with the oem ones on the radiator, the lines werent even bent completely like the originals, were a little off, so i had to take the tubing bender to them.
my question is: where the flexible portion of the line meets the quick disco at the end, could i chop the quick disco, and slide the line over the flare of the line that meets the bottom of the radiator, hose clamp it, and leave it like that? will this work as a permanent solution? ive heard of people removing quick discos before but it usually involves alot of other stuff, and i cant find a write up on this through any searches. any response on the matter is greatly appreciated as this jeep is my dd aswell as my semi-play-thing, thanks guys! and i apologise about the lengthy post.