Turbo oil & oil cooler lines

[Larry Smeins <lsmeins@ball.com>]

Did you have any problems removing the lines from the oil cooler?  When
I replaced my cooler with a used one the wrecking yard did not want to
sell a cooler to me that didn't have the lines attached because, they
said, that they had bad experience with ruining the cooler when removing
the lines.  The price difference with and without lines was low enough I
took the cooler with.  My cooler had one line ripped off, a sad story in
itself, so after I took it out I removed the remaining line with no
trouble but could see that if the fitting was stuck the aluminum cooler
could easily be ruined.  Is there some trick for removing the lines?

Larry
84 4ks 2 dr., 87 5kcst, 95 F-250 Powerstroke, 91 Suzuki Sidekick, 83
S-10 pickup(with bull bars), 71 VW convertible, 67 Porsche 912, 2-66 VW
Beetles

>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:14:40 -0600
>From: Alex Kowalski (audial@aol.com) (Law Guest Account)
<lawguest@wppost.depaul.edu>
>Subject: Turbo oil & oil cooler lines

>Well, I bit the bullet and I am going to send all four of my old,
SS-braided
>lines to an industrial/automotive Aeroquip supplier to see if I can get
a
>matching set made.  I tried a few local shops and they weren't
>encouraging because of the specialized fittings, but this particular
>company seems to be larger and more resourceful.  The fellow I spoke to
>was pretty optimistic.  He said that if push came to shove, he could
>probably have pieces custom-fabricated, but that it would cost.  I
asked
>him to see what he could do with his pre-fab inventories first.

>I have no idea what the cost is going to be yet, etc., but I know that
there
>were some people on the List thinking about replacing these lines.  If
you
>can do it safely, hold off until maybe the middle of next week and I
might
>have some good news about replacements at lower prices.  Ideally, this
>would be all four oil lines - turbo in, turbo out, oil cooler feed &
return,
>made from high-quality, corrosion-resistant components.

>Best Wishes,

>Alex
'>86 5KCSTQ