Jim65Riv Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 A friend, not internet savvy, with a 68 GS needs new transmission lines. The only applications he has found are for the Electra and the Wildcat. Does any one know if the lines for a Riv are the same? If not, where he could get a set? He has already talked to Inline Tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 From what I've seen, nobody offers them for purchase, but you can have them madeby any shop that makes replacement lines and hoses. In Plano, Tx. where I live there is a shopthat can duplicate any brake, fuel or tranny line in about an hour if you give them the old one touse for a pattern. You could also buy a tubing bending set and flaring tool set and make your ownlines if nobody close by can do it. If you don't have the old ones to use as a pattern, the way you do it is take some wire and bend it to fit properly from the trans to the radiator, then bend your own tubing using the wire as a pattern. A lot of transmission shops make their own transmission cooler lines when they are working on a car with damaged ones, so you might contact transmission shops in your area to see if they have the equipment needed to make a set for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68RIVGS Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 A friend, not internet savvy, with a 68 GS needs new transmission lines. The only applications he has found are for the Electra and the Wildcat. Does any one know if the lines for a Riv are the same? If not, where he could get a set? He has already talked to Inline Tube.What did Inline Tube say about the lines - same engine and transmission, they must be similar ?The only difference between a Riviera and the Wildcat, or Electra is the 'X' frame on the Riviera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) The reason the Electra/Lesabre lines are different is that the Riviera most likely does nothave the same distance from the radiator support to the front of the engine and from theradiator support to the crossover on the frame. These are critical dimensions pertaining to transmission cooler lines. GM's personal luxurycars of that era like the Riviera, Toronado, Monte Carlo and Grand Prixhave longer hoods and front fenders and thus longer distances from the firewall to the radiator than the more conventional cars they share parts with i. e. they are "stretched" on the front clip. Edited March 19, 2015 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68RIVGS Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) For '68, the LeSabre is 3 1/2" shorter from the firewall forward - the other models, Wildcat, Electra, and Riviera are 3 1/2" longer.Not sure of the distance from the transmission mount to the front radiator support, on any of the models, which would determine the length of the lines, but the Riviera does have a different frame than the Wildcat, or ElectraI found out about the subtle difference the hard way Winston, after I purchased a complete '68 Lesabre parts car to replace a crumpled '68 Wildcat front fender - it was just like Cinderella's slipper !! Edited March 19, 2015 by 68RIVGS (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john hanson Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I HAVE A SET OF WHAT I THINK ARE 1967 68 RIV. LINES IF INTERESTED I COULD CHECK THEM OUT AND SEND A PICTURE. AND WHAT EVER . THEY ARE NEWjohn Hanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim65Riv Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 My friend had one made locally. Thanks to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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