gray420

bonehead move of the year. long story short i need to replace a trnny cooler line and fill with fluid. where is the filer tube??? 88 v6 auto

MMA_Alex

auto trannies fill thru the dipstick tube usually...

DeathCougar

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Driver side, top bolts to the exhaust manifold cover. Tranny dipstick should have an orange or yellow sleeve on it to identify and be very long.

gray420

thanks deathcougar. it was hiding under a wiring harness. hopefully this thing will want to move soon.

DeathCougar

iTrader: (23)

did you run it out of fluid and overheat it to the point where it stopped moving? If so, just let everything cool down for several hours, fill it up with fluid, and take it slow. Perhaps get a professional flush to clean out any burned up stuff.

gray420

Deathcougar - thanks again. I had to try and sort this stuff out from my phone on the side of the road. It sat for about 1.5 hours. I got the line changed and put two quarts in. It was enough to get to the parts store to get a few more quarts. It seems ok, but I plan to get a full flush this week.

Rest of story - I pulled the radiator to replace the fan bracket and decided to shorten one of the hoses for the tranny cooler lines since it was hanging down. I don't think the rubber line is oem, looks like the po did some custom work down there. I didn't notice the line was real close to the power steering pulley. Pulley wears a hole in the rubber hose and there you go. In addition the the tranny flush, i get to de grease almost the entire truck. Also put a finger through the heater control cover trying to move the slide. What a day!

thanks for the quick responses -

FredTJ

If there is any "good" news to this it's that usually when you burst a tranny hose such that it blows the tranny fluid out relatively quickly, most often it'll blow enough tranny fluid fast enough that there won't be enough to turn the tranny before damage can occur.
Worse kinds of problems are the slower leaks where the tranny fluid level drops relatively slowly, allowing the tranny to still turn but running it really hot, scorching clutches, steels and other hard parts.





Fred