In article
>,
AFX > wrote:

> On Aug 31, 5:55*pm, aarcuda69062 > wrote:
> > In article >,
> > *Bill Putney > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > aarcuda69062 wrote:
> > > > In article
> > > > >,
> > > > *AFX > wrote:
> >
> > > >> See now those are the answers I like to hear
> >
> > > >> The hole is about 4 inches from the metal crimp so I think Im going to
> > > >> go with your cut and couple idea with some good tight hoses.
> >
> > > > What is the winter climate where you're located?
> > > > I can tell you for fact that the hose will blow off if the temperatures
> > > > get low and the tube you're splicing to doesn't have a barb to restrict
> > > > the hose from sliding off.
> >
> > > Even with almost no pressure in the hose?
> >
> > Yes. *I got a very panicked call 2 winters ago from the owner of a 96
> > LHS.
> > He was going to work in the morning and one of the hoses someone had
> > scabbed in blew off and he now had a huge puddle of ATF+3 all over his
> > driveway. *Took a bit for me to understand from his description what had
> > happened, it was a bit of a drive to where the vehicle was stranded and
> > I wanted to make sure I brought along proper tooling. I put the
> > beginnings of a bubble flare on the tubes where the hose was scabbed in
> > and all was well once we refilled the transaxle.
> > The overnight low then was probably +5 or 10 degrees F., not the coldest
> > for around here but nippley enough. *8-)
>
> Oh I dont worry about the cold I live in Houston so the only
> temperature here is hot and slightly less hot,
>
>
> I ended up getting a 9mm hose from autozone made for trans fluid and a
> copper tube mender with barbs on it, It took about 20 minutes to get
> it in the tubes so that along with a clip will keep me safe (fingers
> crossed)

That should be fine.