welshsteve

welshsteve

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Got to say in the all too brief moments when the car is trouble free is is a joy to own.

Sadly through neglect by several previous owners there always seems to be a new problem cropping up :( this week one of the auto box cooler pipes has decided to start leaking slightly, I have had a look around and it seems straight forward enough to sort I am thinking that it is best replace both.

Looking around the web at prices the best I have come across was with Island 4x4 but the pipes are Brit part. I am a bit at loathe to buy anything with the Brit part name attached as all I ever seem to hear about them is negative!

Has anyone used these pipes and if so how did they last, any issues with them?

Cheers

Steve.
 
welshsteve said:
Got to say in the all too brief moments when the car is trouble free is is a joy to own.

Sadly through neglect by several previous owners there always seems to be a new problem cropping up :( this week one of the auto box cooler pipes has decided to start leaking slightly, I have had a look around and it seems straight forward enough to sort I am thinking that it is best replace both.

Looking around the web at prices the best I have come across was with Island 4x4 but the pipes are Brit part. I am a bit at loathe to buy anything with the Brit part name attached as all I ever seem to hear about them is negative!

Has anyone used these pipes and if so how did they last, any issues with them?

Cheers

Steve.
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I have Britpart engine oil cooler hoses on mine nothing wrong with them. However you will be lucky to dismount the pipes from the gearbox cooler without knackering it.
 
Wammers whats the job like to do? mine are starting to look there age too and had thought about swapping them....

W
 
Littelwill said:
Wammers whats the job like to do? mine are starting to look there age too and had thought about swapping them....

W
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Not done the gearbox only the engine cooler. Pipes were immovable in situ. So fitted oil cooler and pipes. Did manage to cut them off on the bench which i suppose could be done. If the unions are as difficult to remove on the gearbox cooler a new unit is favourite straight off.
 
Oh right thought you'd done the Auto box oil pipes. ive heard its better to take the box out to change them
 
Littelwill said:
Oh right thought you'd done the Auto box oil pipes. ive heard its better to take the box out to change them
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Think whomsoever told you that was having a laugh. You have to disconnect them to get the box out. That's for sure. But take the box out to replace them never.
 
think it was on here a guy was saying he tryed changing them but couldnt shift them and to save nackering the threads he took the box out...??
 
Littelwill said:
think it was on here a guy was saying he tryed changing them but couldnt shift them and to save nackering the threads he took the box out...??
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Can't see there being a problem taking them off the gearbox they are similar materials. But getting them off the cooler is a pain in the arse as it is steel onto alloy. Electrolysis welds them together.
 
maybe thats where im getting it from! so from the box should be ok no alloy issues but the actual cooler rad is alloy so may well fook the threads if over tightened or not come off at all? :)
 
Got mine off by using a mini cutting wheel and cutting down two sides of the nuts on the rad and then splitting them with a screw driver, does put a slight groove in the threads but had no problem with mine so far. hth
 
stemac33 said:
Got mine off by using a mini cutting wheel and cutting down two sides of the nuts on the rad and then splitting them with a screw driver, does put a slight groove in the threads but had no problem with mine so far. hth
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Correct that can be done. That is the way i eventually gained a spare engine oil cooler. But difficult on the car, much easier on the bench.
 
When fitting the pipes make sure there is no strain on the short flexible one as I have had it where the lugs on the conector do not line up and to force the bolt through will eventually break the pipe.
I had ones made up by a hydraulic hose manufacturer that was for diggers and with a 1400 psi rated bit of overkill but gives me peace of mind and didnt cost more than new ones.
 
The small cutter is Likely the only way you will save the old rad! Even if you undo the old pipes the thread will be stripped and not reusable. Brit part pipes from island have worked fine for me. Not the easiest of jobs it not the hardest. Be prepared to have to get a new cooler if required!

If I had more time I would go the route as above and get all/ mostly rubber hoses made by a hose company
 
rad and pipe change is a good idea to do at the same time.
enjoy..had to use LR pipes on mine as couldn't find any pattern part pipes at the time!
 
If you feel like disconnecting the pipes from the box and removing the oil cooler as an assembly with the pipes, your local hydraulic shop will be able to crimp on new flexible sections.
 
I too have an annoying drip from one of the flexy's under the main radiator, I'm pysching myself up to fix it when the box needs an oil change soon.

Crimp on engine cooler hoses have been a cheap and chearful success for me (see the How To's). What sort of pressure is in these gearbox pipes, I suspect it's more than the 40psi in the engine system and the DIY flexy solution may not have enough grip without the machine crimp?
 
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