My friend has a '92 c1500 automatic, apparently one of the tranny cooler
lines would rub against a grease fitting on the steering linkage and
eventually it wore a hole in the line. Does anyone know, offhand, which
line (upper or lower) on the radiator corresponds to which line on the
tranny (sending or return)? I was guessing the line fitted at the top of
the radiator was the line from the tranny, and the lower line returns
the cooled fluid. We are both away from the truck and it would help us
get some price quotes, etc. thanks in advance.




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what would be the problem with getting a 5/16" compression union and just
cutting out the 1/2" or so where the hole is ?


"Tzihuac" <tzihuac (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

NoSpam wrote:

Didn't matter much he couldnt afford a brand new line and Gary's advice
about the compression fitting needs further investigation on my part, so
he opted for clamp and rubber hose until we can figure out a better fix.

What I found out was that on the passenger side of the tranny there is a
bolted clip that keeps the hard lines from moving around, I think what
had happened was during his engine rebuild, the lines had positions
switched, this ended up pushing the return line lower than it was formed
to be at, and put it right into the path of the grease fitting on the
linkage. I ended up switching the lines in the clip, and the lines ended
up being parallel and gave plenty of clearance. We put the hose and
clamps on, ran it a few times around the block, no leaks, so we
tightened the clamps up a tad, and hoped it'll last for a bit.

Thanks for replying.

Another thing that can help with a hose & clamp fix is to take a short piece
of heater hose, split it length wise and place it around the patched area.
Then use wire ties to secure it, this keeps the hose from getting chaffed
and leaking.
Not pretty but it works.

HTH

"Tzihuac" <tzihuac (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote