Hi,
I just finished changing the flexplate but bent the rad. feed line from the tranny when pushing the tranny back. It fell short about 3"es so i cut it and bridged the gap with some transmission hose and clamped the ends. Took it for a test drive and it started leaking.
I got home took the hose off, flared the ends of the line and reattached the hose clamped the ends again, tighter now. This time the line burst. Possibly one of the flares cut in to the hose or something.
Anyhow i decided to go the compression fitting route. I got 2 5/16" fittings and a 5/16" brake line from Autozone.
As the brake line is a little 'fat' to go into the c-fitting, i sanded it to fit the c-fitting. I have everything fit tight and snug. But i do notice both the 5/16" brake line (which i sanded to fit the fitting )as well as the original tranny lines are kind of squished when they go into the c-fitting.
Did I overthighten the c-fitting compression nut. Will the brake line (about an inch long) withstand the tranny fuid temp and pressure (alongwith the fact that i thinned the outer surface of the line or will it burst like the tranny hose over time.

Happy New Year to All

Thanks Sean

 

the farrel should compress on the line. you can't really over tighten the nut on a compression fitting unless you go so far as to strip it or crack it. if you'd used rubber hydrolic hose and a couple of clamps on each end you'd had better results.