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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:35 PM
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getting ready to put in my tru cool 40k. im gonna tig and flip the passenger side line. like this guy 100_0632.jpg Photo by budhayes3 | Photobucket

just needa make sure its ss
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:36 PM
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also is tigging the tcooler line okay to do?
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 12:10 AM
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Why not just flare and compression fitting? Welding (especially TIG) small diameter tubing is just a blockage waiting to occur.

You'd need a high end induction welder to pull this off cleanly.
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 06:53 AM
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ive read that they leak and are not that great of a way for high pressure lines
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 08:52 AM
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Why not AN fittings?
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 07:52 PM
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did it today and just cut the passenger side line , flared it and used hose and a clamps. awesome till the hose blew a hole in the side of it next to the flare. i must have had a sharp point on it and thats what cut it from the inside. after that glory of ATF on the underside of my truck im going to order another steel line and get that tigged up so i dont have to deal with that **** again
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 03:36 PM
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+1 braided lines and AN fittings.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 06:45 PM
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I used braided lines and AN fittings there is a complete list of what's need somewhere on the forum.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 08:05 PM
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i dont want another blow out because of the rubber hoses, stainless steel or not. theyre inferior in strength to a solid steel tube. but the only advantage is routeing ss lines is it takes a 1/8 of the time it takes to bend one up
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That's a ridiculous reason not to use braided hose IMO.
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