[Malibu1980]

Ok, my tranny line broke, so i took a rubber hose and hosed it off between 2 ends, and i took hose clamps to try and tighten em down, when i did every hose clamp i put on there broke, so i took and tightened it up asfar as i thought the hoseclamp would go before it broke, and fluid still comes out....i dunno what to do is there any other sudgestions other than buying a new tranny line??

[poncho62]

You can buy an industrial hose clamp for hydraulic hoses, but I would still replace the line. Its cheap and not that hard to do.

[camaroman7d]

You could put a small flare on each end of the steel line you are trying to join. This will help prevent the rubber hose from coming off and/or leaking.

As mentioned above buy a quality hose clamp, the sheap ones do not take much to strip/break.

[BstMech]

I've used rubber hose to patch tranny lines and install coolers a bunch of times. Never had one that couldn't be sealed with just a hose clamp, there's not any real pressure in the lines. You might check the lines/cooler for a kink/restriction somewhere causing a build up of pressure.

[Malibu1980]

i dunno, but now its breakin the hoses.............im about to blow the ***** up, im tired of workin on it........arhdsjfhjsfhdskfhds

[Crosley]

The cooler lines in a tranny can run 40-60 psi in them depending on the tranny, shift mods , etc.

I've seen 100 psi in our race trannys cooler system on our tranny dyno

Originally posted by BstMech
I've used rubber hose to patch tranny lines and install coolers a bunch of times. Never had one that couldn't be sealed with just a hose clamp, there's not any real pressure in the lines. You might check the lines/cooler for a kink/restriction somewhere causing a build up of pressure.

[troy-curt]

It just cost a few bucks to replace the line and do it right. You must have a vibration or shaking that broke it , zip tie them together might help.

Good Luck
Troy

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[adtkart]

If you are not using high pressure hose of the right size, it will leak. Your best bet is to replace the line or atleast use a compression union to repair the line.

I have rebuilt alot of burned up trans due to cooler line leaks that were "patched" with rubber hoses that leaked. It is alot cheaper to replace the line than the trans.

[BstMech]

Yeah, and I've never used rubber hose on tranny lines and they will always leak.

Jeeze guys, give me a break......

[Cottmanman]

The rubber hose should work. If not you can get a 5/16 union for metal line from a parts house. Be sure to check your cooler flow when you get the line repaired. If the rubber hose isn't holding it may be building to much pressure in the cooler line, if the cooler itself is plugged. Good Luck!

[2oldster]

You might try bypassing your cooler by unhooking it and using your rubber line and clamp connections to couple the lines together and see if it still leaks. Then you'll know if the trouble is in the cooler, or somewhere else. If it still leaks then inspect the lines for mashed places or kinks.

You could take the lines off at each end and blow through them to see if they are plugged. Same for the cooler. If everything is open, then use compression fittings and steel pipe the same as a brake line repair.

Look for vibrating or moving lines with the motor running.
If you blow a line after checking everything, then the pressure is way to high and the problem would have to be internal in the transmission.

You might talk to a transmission shop manager and see if they've had similar problems.

Good luck..............................

[magapin]

I've used rubber hoses to patch lines in the past , but I had put 2 new clamps on each end of the hose (total of 8). your dealing with a lot of line pressure.

[powerglide_66]

Try this: go to the parts store and buy a section of the appropiate size metal line and buy two compression fittings. You'll know what to do then. Its a better fix than using rubber tranny line.

I have had high-pressure tranny lines on my car since '99 and have had no problems at all.

Maybe cause my setup is not high-performance at all but srictly stock.

Good luck

[dankarol]

Malibu If you have a small airport or aircraft parts supplyer around you try them for the hose's for the tranny or any other line that needs a high pressure line. I use them for the gas and tranmission line.They work great and are of better made than what could be found in a auto part store.

[Skip Jensen]

I own an '80 malibu, did exactly the same thing, guess what. Didn't work. Just buy new lines. You'll save yourself alot of trouble in the end. They're comparitively cheap anyways, and if you don't want to end up with a piece of junk after any work you've done it's best to just do the job right without any mickey-mousing. (trust me, i learned the hard way with my malibu)