Ford E4OD cooler lines.

[dbhost]

My 93 E250 Sportsmobile factory fitted with the E4OD trans has a problem with the factory cooler lines that have cracked due to age and vibration. I have them patched with pressure hose for now, but I want to replace the lines with braided stainless steel.

Can anyone recocmmend where I can get pre terminated braided stainless steel trans cooler lines for this application?

93 E250 4.9L E4OD trans?

 

[Big_ern_101]

You wont find an off-the-shelf solution. You will need to either DIY using AN fittings or have a hydraulic shop make you what you need.

If these are the factory rubber lines, replace them with some quality Dayco hoses or similar and get back to gettin. The last set lasted 31 years.

 

[dbhost]

You wont find an off-the-shelf solution. You will need to either DIY using AN fittings or have a hydraulic shop make you what you need.

If these are the factory rubber lines, replace them with some quality Dayco hoses or similar and get back to gettin. The last set lasted 31 years.

They are actually hard lines, not rubber lines. I have seen this with Fords before and I do NOT like it... There is a marine / hydraulic shop by the docks here that might be able to fab me something up...

 

[larrie-SMB]

Not the same hoses but I had my mechanic pull the front rubber break lines and take them to a local hydraulic shop to have replacement made from braided stainless steel. He gave them the rubber ones so to make sure that they could match the fittings. I would have done it myself but the shop did not do walk in retail work.

 

[Big_ern_101]

If you wish to remake the hard lines, same story, DIY job or local shop.

Me? I would remake the hard lines as-intended and not soft lines for the whole duration. I just dont trust AN lines or hydraulic lines as much as I trust hard piping, spent enough time replacing them on old equipment. The rigid metal lines were always the last to go.

Get yourself a roll of tubing the diameter you need, a tubing straightener, a bender, a flaring tool, a case of High Life, and an open Saturday and have at it. If you can get the old lines out in one piece, I have found that you can usually bend something up pretty close to them in free air, install, tweak as needed. Very fun, rewarding process.

 

[arctictraveller]

Try this, https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/630...MI6KPU4MKHigMVlh6tBh2ElAahEAQYBCABEgKaUfD_BwE

Or, https://4lifetimelines.com/collecti...R2zETHJoMjdcOLa3-U1RAISmEu7Z8Ya7nTxt_N7DAn2rm

There are lots of other options too, search Google