Tranny lines
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Tranny lines
Was at the barn today and had to move my truck over a bit and when I walked back to where it was parked, there in the snow was some red fluid staring back at me. Under truck was all wet so drove it to our local garage and up on the hoist to check it out. The two tranny lines on the right side just ahead of the transmission are held together by a spring steel clip to keep them from vibrating and shaking. Well one of the lines had a hole in it from rubbing slightly on this clip which was also just about wore through. We cut the line, spliced a 1/2 inch hose on it with hose clamps, split a 1 inch hose and wraped it on the other line and tied them together with plastic tie wraps . That clip looks to be a bit of a design fault, so next time any of you fellows are under there, have a look at the clip if you have one because for a few pennys it could save you a lot of greif if your away from home on a trip ans spring a tranny fluid leak while pulling a load and dont realise it till its too late..
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I had a similar issue a while back, dodge dealer wanted like $167 for the line, i took it to a local line shop has a custom bent line with new bung brazed on and complete, identical to stock one for $35..I was going to replace it with hydro hose but after research some people suggested that it was a metal line for a reason, possibly for cooling issues...
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I had a similar issue a while back, dodge dealer wanted like $167 for the line, i took it to a local line shop has a custom bent line with new bung brazed on and complete, identical to stock one for $35..I was going to replace it with hydro hose but after research some people suggested that it was a metal line for a reason, possibly for cooling issues...
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Mine wore through at the front clip. I cut it off at the break and looped the rubber hose back from the other line bypassing the front cooler.
Haven't decided how I will make the permanent fix. Steel line are usually stronger than rubber hose and much less restriction.
Haven't decided how I will make the permanent fix. Steel line are usually stronger than rubber hose and much less restriction.
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Mine wore through at the front clip. I cut it off at the break and looped the rubber hose back from the other line bypassing the front cooler.
Haven't decided how I will make the permanent fix. Steel line are usually stronger than rubber hose and much less restriction.
Haven't decided how I will make the permanent fix. Steel line are usually stronger than rubber hose and much less restriction.
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