2002 TJ 4.0L
32RH Transmission
Sunpro Mechanical Gauge
B&M Transmission Cooler
Hello all, last week I went on a wheeling trip to Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Michigan. Drove my Jeep from Detroit to Silver Lake, roughly a 4 hour drive, then on the dunes, to back home. The Jeep handled really well, and besides this leak that I am having, I didn't manage to break anything else.
Anyways, I had installed a Mechanical Trans Temp Gauge in the Jeep to monitor the temp while wheeling. I had cut the trans cooler lines, where the fluid goes back into the trans after it has been cooled so that way I got the actual temp inside the transmission. When I cut the line, I used a T-Fitting, and some other fittings as well and connected the sending unit into the T Fitting. The T Fitting also of course came with compression fittings that were used to clamp down on the ends of the lines. Finally, I had used Red Threadlocker to seal any other possible gaps.
From the time I installed the gauge, throughout the whole wheeling trip, it held up very well. But the temp must have gotten to hot or something on the way home on the freeway, and caused some kind of leak. I began to smell burning trans fluid on the way home. When I parked it, I crawled under the jeep and saw the Fittings at the cooler lines were leaking, down onto the burning hot exhaust pipe, causing the smell.
The leak is getting progressively worse, it is leaking all over the exhaust, driveshaft, axle, and everything else.
What would be a good way to go about fixing this? Is there some way I can seal this whole T Fitting Unit better so that there are no leaks? And if it comes down to it and I have to pull off the T Fitting, can the compression fittings be reused or will I need new ones?
Thank You!
32RH Transmission
Sunpro Mechanical Gauge
B&M Transmission Cooler
Hello all, last week I went on a wheeling trip to Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Michigan. Drove my Jeep from Detroit to Silver Lake, roughly a 4 hour drive, then on the dunes, to back home. The Jeep handled really well, and besides this leak that I am having, I didn't manage to break anything else.
Anyways, I had installed a Mechanical Trans Temp Gauge in the Jeep to monitor the temp while wheeling. I had cut the trans cooler lines, where the fluid goes back into the trans after it has been cooled so that way I got the actual temp inside the transmission. When I cut the line, I used a T-Fitting, and some other fittings as well and connected the sending unit into the T Fitting. The T Fitting also of course came with compression fittings that were used to clamp down on the ends of the lines. Finally, I had used Red Threadlocker to seal any other possible gaps.
From the time I installed the gauge, throughout the whole wheeling trip, it held up very well. But the temp must have gotten to hot or something on the way home on the freeway, and caused some kind of leak. I began to smell burning trans fluid on the way home. When I parked it, I crawled under the jeep and saw the Fittings at the cooler lines were leaking, down onto the burning hot exhaust pipe, causing the smell.
The leak is getting progressively worse, it is leaking all over the exhaust, driveshaft, axle, and everything else.
What would be a good way to go about fixing this? Is there some way I can seal this whole T Fitting Unit better so that there are no leaks? And if it comes down to it and I have to pull off the T Fitting, can the compression fittings be reused or will I need new ones?
Thank You!