I wasnt thinking about it at the time but I figured I wait till after my driveline was completd by putting the engine,trans,tcase and rear driveshaft back together.While I was underneith it I notice that I could get to the side of the tarns to put the lines on.Please tell me theres a way to do this without having to take everything apart again.I have been working on this thing for 13 days straight so today im taking a day off.So I wont get a chance to realy tell till tomorrow.

 

You can do it but its gonna take being flexible and patient

 

Can I raise the body up with a cherry picker so I have the room to put them on?

 

Your talking fluid lines right? If so you should be able to geg them in. The hard part will be the clips

 

Fluid lines yes and the clipsrap man I should have paid attention to detail.I might just take it to my tranny guy and pay him to do it.My hands have been crunched enough getting into tight places.Lack of flexibility is so bad I already have to pry my fingers apart just to get the wrench out of my hands.

 

When I took my tranny out I couldnt get them off so I cut the lines down low and left them on. Then upon reinstall I flared the lines and spliced in rubber tranny lines.

 

Put the clips in first, the line will snap in place fairly easliy after.

 

Thats going to be tight spot for me to get my hands up into and be able to mapulate my fingers to get those lines in.Right now Im just hoping I can raise the body high enough to give myself the space I need to get the lines in the sockets on the side of the trans.Tell you guys I used like GM products cause they were easy to work on till I bought this 96.I beleive the engineers design everything to be difficult to work with on purpose.Granite its my fault I should have paid attention but this project has been apart and in process of being put together for 18 months.Its difficult to remember everything I have slept since then .

EDIT I was reading another thread which gave me the idea can I cut a hole through my floor board over the area where the lines go in?

 

one thing I`m gonna do is put a body lift on mine. It will make access to all tranny stuff much easier

 

One thing thats not helping is I got low pro tires on mine.