92DripCherokee
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Tampa, Florida
My question to the forum veterans is this- How much fluid loss is expectable when I break the "quick connects" in the tranny oil cooler return line? And would you dare trust a cheapo 3/8 hose repair versus a $60 dealer part?
postscript- (this old 92 Laredo has seen 170,000 punishing miles, much of it in the New Mexico desert. Being its third owner, it lives an easier but "deboned" existence as a commuting vehicle in Orlando FL(Ratland). I retired her from baby hauling due to reliabilty issues, now I take the chances!
As with any older jeep, she's dripping tolerably from every mating surface and seal, but. But the tranny oil cooler return line is dripping catastropically, a quart every two days. The rubber run that spans the gap between oil pan and fan shroud has brittled and torn away from the pressed on steel end. Desert heat never put such hurting on rubber parts, but the florida humidity sure did!
Ive read thoroughly what other knuckle busters have done, and Im going to DIY the repair. Just real concerned I'll leak out more fluid than I have on hand, and wind up parked, permanantly
postscript- (this old 92 Laredo has seen 170,000 punishing miles, much of it in the New Mexico desert. Being its third owner, it lives an easier but "deboned" existence as a commuting vehicle in Orlando FL(Ratland). I retired her from baby hauling due to reliabilty issues, now I take the chances!
As with any older jeep, she's dripping tolerably from every mating surface and seal, but. But the tranny oil cooler return line is dripping catastropically, a quart every two days. The rubber run that spans the gap between oil pan and fan shroud has brittled and torn away from the pressed on steel end. Desert heat never put such hurting on rubber parts, but the florida humidity sure did!
Ive read thoroughly what other knuckle busters have done, and Im going to DIY the repair. Just real concerned I'll leak out more fluid than I have on hand, and wind up parked, permanantly