In the last couple months I've had to replace some trans cooler lines that had been contacting the front crossmember and had rubbed through causing loss of the trans fluid (mostly 3/4-1tons all 4x4). I checked my 01 3/4 ton 4x4 and they were close enough to warrant covering them with a section of heater hose to guard against damage. I've also done the same to several customer vehicles. How's yours?

 

Mine were rubbing... I had put garden hose on about a year ago though... so I never had any significant wear on them!


Tony

 

Gee, never really looked close at mine. I think they are fastened to the engine somehow. I will have to check it out.

Chris

 

I replaced mine about 6 months ago. But it was only cause I wanted to put in a tranny temp gauge. The stock line looked fine after ~38k or so miles. All of them look fine.