Need help finding transmission line

[Jellis]

have a 2002 TJ
32hr (904) transmission
It's currently being rebuilt and I need a transmission line (push line) that's discontinued. Part number is 52079899AF. Anybody know where I can get one?

 

[macleanflood]

Sstubes.com might have something.

@hear would probably know best.

-Mac

 

[hear]

you're talking about the line itself or the fitting at the trans case? In any event, it's just a set of standard fittings (unsure if NPT or what), but I would replace it with hardware store parts. The pressure line doesn't carry that much pressure, I've seen plenty of jeeps where the lines were replaced with rubber hose & regular hose clamps. The one I'm working on right now has the hard lines replaced with rubber.

Ive looked at replacing it all with AN style fittings, but never ended up needing to.

 

[hear]

Sstubes.com might have something.

@hear would probably know best.

-Mac

Ive used Classic Tube before, but never for this use. Worth a look.

 

[mrblaine]

you're talking about the line itself or the fitting at the trans case? In any event, it's just a set of standard fittings (unsure if NPT or what), but I would replace it with hardware store parts. The pressure line doesn't carry that much pressure, I've seen plenty of jeeps where the lines were replaced with rubber hose & regular hose clamps. The one I'm working on right now has the hard lines replaced with rubber.

Ive looked at replacing it all with AN style fittings, but never ended up needing to.

I don't disagree with anyone's personal value system but for what we do and how we do it, I've never figured out how to get rubber lines behind the exhaust manifold. That means if they don't go behind then there are some shenanigans involved with running over the driveshaft to get to the frame, along the frame and then back across to the radiator. What am I missing?

 

[Chris]

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[Jellis]

Sstubes.com might have something.

@hear would probably know best.

-Mac

Thanks

 

[tworley]

Inline Tube is another resource.

https://www.inlinetube.com/products...tm_campaign=Google Shopping&stkn=a483b2d3526c

 

[hear]

I don't disagree with anyone's personal value system but for what we do and how we do it, I've never figured out how to get rubber lines behind the exhaust manifold. That means if they don't go behind then there are some shenanigans involved with running over the driveshaft to get to the frame, along the frame and then back across to the radiator. What am I missing?

You raise a valid point. The ones I’ve seen/heard about, I don’t know how they routed. My barely thought out plan was to go up & over to frame rail, but I never got far enough down that road to identify gotchas.

The one my buddy just picked up has rubber lines but I didn’t note the routing. I’ll be under it again today or tomorrow, I will be sure to look.


I mentioned I Thad thought about this, and my “barely thought out” plan was to run them along the frame rail. I never got too far with that so I don’t know what other gotchas I might have run into.

 

[mrblaine]

You raise a valid point. The ones I’ve seen/heard about, I don’t know how they routed. My barely thought out plan was to go up & over to frame rail, but I never got far enough down that road to identify gotchas.

The one my buddy just picked up has rubber lines but I didn’t note the routing. I’ll be under it again today or tomorrow, I will be sure to look.


I mentioned I Thad thought about this, and my “barely thought out” plan was to run them along the frame rail. I never got too far with that so I don’t know what other gotchas I might have run into.

I'm not picking on you. I've just never been able to figure out a clean way to do it.

 

[hear]

I'm not picking on you. I've just never been able to figure out a clean way to do it.

I can usually tell the difference. And in this case I've never actually done it so fire away.

Short of using a bunch of 45's & 90's I'm not sure how people do it either. Frame rail makes the most sense...you called that method "shenanigans." What makes that path bad, other than that you have to get to the frame and then get back to the radiator from the frame? Is it just the extra routing or is there something in the way I'm not thinking of?

 

[mrblaine]

I can usually tell the difference. And in this case I've never actually done it so fire away.

Short of using a bunch of 45's & 90's I'm not sure how people do it either. Frame rail makes the most sense...you called that method "shenanigans."

A bunch of 45's and 90's are more points of potential and exactly the shenanigans I tend to avoid.

What makes that path bad, other than that you have to get to the frame and then get back to the radiator from the frame? Is it just the extra routing or is there something in the way I'm not thinking of?

The factory did it as cleanly as possible. The only thing that makes anything else "bad" is not necessarily bad but not done cleanly. I try to avoid stuff like that. Others don't care as much and that's fine as well.