oil cooler line

I have a leak on my oil line end that connects to the radiator. The connector needs to be tightened more but its stripped so I cant get a good grip to it. I can buy the connector but I need to know how to change it. How do I take the old one out and put the new on in. I saw that the line goes throught the connector and is oversized at the tip so it wont come out of the connector. Any suggestions on how to do it?

Hard metal lines should be taken off with a flair wrench. Saves you from stripping it and also you can still probably get a stripped one off with a flair wrench may just have to bang it on.

I sent the car to a transmission place and they said they couldnt fix it because they couldnt find the oil lines anywhere besides the dealership. Everyone knows that the dealership rips you off big time, so I was wondering if by taking the oil lines off and putting a transmission oil cooler instead. Would that work? And if I do, what about the holes on the radiator where they go connected? Would I need to clog them up or buy a new radiator that doenst have those connections?

you should be able to install an oil cooler no problem. 50rest.com sells a good kit. as for the holes in the radiator, i'd flush them out with water and then plug them. you can get the plugs off a radiator for a manual tranny car, they're red. junkyard! or, they're just threaded inserts... you could just buy plugs at the hardware store that are the same size as the oil cooler line ends.

hope that helps

Here is a question... are these line auto tranny fluid lines or engine oil lines?

If these lines are all metal you can just buy a long section of the same diameter from your local part store and cute, bend, flair the ends and call it a day. I really don't understand why you are having such issue?

Those holes in the radiator which are made to be used an an auto tranny cooler don't even have to be plug if your not using it.

I bought the oil cooler instead. Thanks. And as for you GTStand, the lines are metal and noone in town or around town sells these lines with the same type of bolts that they come with. All autoparts don't have them and junkyards ran out. Just my luck right. Anyways i got it fixed. THanks yeal.

Just for the next time or for anyone else with similar issues there is a very quick and easy fix for this problem. Get the line disconnected from the tranny (line/flare wrench). Then cut the line in a good accesable place. Then take a section of rubber hose and a hose clamp and clam one end of the hose to the line going to the tranny. All thats left to do is buy a new section of pipe/line with one flared end and a new connector/line nut what have you. Buy as much or as little as you need, (probably about 6" worth). Then thread it back into the radiator and clamp the hose to the end of the line in the tranny with another clamp. Hope thats simple enough for you. I tried to be a thorough as possible.