For Once, ON Topic: Tranny Cooling Tubes, '88 Supra

So, I FINALLY got all my parts and am ready to take a look. I will be doing this upside-down on ramps.

Anybody have any clue as to how these tubes go in?

This is the only hint I have:

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Any Ideas?

Reply to
HachiRoku
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I'm not sure I understand the question... from the drawing, it looks like flared tubing setup.

Reply to
Ray O

That's OK, it looks like EVERY FREAKIN GASKET in the car has sprung a leak!

I tightened up the Tranny pan, and it STILL smokes after 15-25 miles of driving. The underside of the car is cated with oil...ugh. I think I see why it was so cheap. Head Gasket appears to be in good shape, though!

So, I will now order all the gaskets, and buy the used Tranny for $50 to harvest the solenoids (guy said it shifted before he parked the car...) and do everything at once. This is a tough car to work on; it's so low to the ground it's not funny; it weighs 4400 LBS (one thing I noticed from the MFG plate on the doorjamb: weight is evenly distributed 50:50 to the axles) and everything is close together. The new owners don't like letting us use the lifts in our off hours like the old ones did, so I'll have to bribe one of the techs...

Or buy my own lift...

Reply to
HachiRoku

Good news... your undercarriage won't rust. Bad news... tranny needs work.

I once changed an exhaust on a friend's Supra, it was a bigger PITA than I thought it was going to be.

Look at getting tall jackstands!

Reply to
Ray O

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C'mon. You know you want to... ;-P

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Reply to
Bruce L. Bergman

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Ya, ha, you right. Where the hell am I going to put it, in my back yard? ;)

Reply to
Hachiroku

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Get one of these lifts on a trailer!

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Think of it as a pull toy for your cars - at the first sign of trouble, pull over, unhook the hitch and drive on to the lift. You'll always have a lift nearby and you don't have to worry about your friends doing work in your back yard - they just tow it to theirs!

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Ray O

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You could. Inside the garage is better, but you can get one of those 10X20 tents and make leg extensions so it is tall enough.

The only absolute is that you need a level concrete slab to bolt the lift down to, and strong enough to support it. Because it's a bummer when you get a car up in the air and the lift sinks into the mud till the car is back on its wheels, or the whole thing falls over... ;-P

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Bruce L. Bergman

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