[1911Guy]

The two thick, black oil lines that run parallel to each other located inside the passenger side rear wheel well are now really starting to leak. They appear to be of a wrapped rubber material with metal fittings on them.

I am writing this to see if there are any pitfalls in doing this job myself. I did replace my alternator last summer, by myself I might add.

As stated above, the car is a 1982 SC with about 86,000 original miles. When I bought the car 4 or 5 years ago, the PPI noted that these lines would need to be replaced down the road. Well I guess it is now down the road. I believe that these lines are the original as I see no records from previous owners.

Both lines run into the thermostat located in the front of the rear wheel well ( can see it easily by looking into the well ) Nothing forward of this thermostat appears to be leaking.

One comes from the oil tank at the rear of the well, and the other is a bit more convoluted in its path coming from the rear of the engine via a hard line that runs parallel to the muffler. I hope that made sense.

Here are the questions:

1. I will no doubt need to drain the oil tank = Oil change - no problem there, but i did that last fall..........

2. Will I need special oil line wrenches that I have heard so much about?

3. Will these be hard to loosen?

4. I would no doubt need to remove the rear wheel, so standard safety proceedures must apply.

it all seems like:

Order replacement lines from Pelican
Drain oil
Jack up car
Remove rear wheel
remove oil lines - making sure to catch any oil left in lines
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install new lines and oil filter
replace rear wheel - torque lugs
Lower car
fill with oil
check for leaks...........

Am I missing something here?

A couple of hours and I am back in business.

Thanks for your time in reading this and if I missed ANYTHING, please let me know.