Good morning everyone!
Well, I'm at 153K on my '14 CTD and finally got around to changing out the leaky transmission cooler lines. The lines have been seeping since about 70k, but when my transmission started to slip I knew it was time to swap them out. Sure enough the trans was about 2 quarts LOW on fluid!!!
The swap is straight forward, drain out the trans oil, remove 10MM bolt at transmission where lines connect. The BIGGEST pain in the a$$ were the clips used to hold the lines into the transmission! My suggestion would be to buy a few extra, as I spent most of my time trying to find them when they fell out of my hands. Taking the off was easy with a small pick. Re-installation of those clips was the biggest PITA. I had to move the intercooler tube for the lower one in order to get my hand up to the fitting and put the clip in correctly. The upper went in fairly easy as I REMEMBERED what position it was in when I took it off. That's my advice here for these clips, they MUST be put back in the same orientation they came out!!!!
There wasn't a write up or a video for this procedure and now I know why, there isn't much too it.
Part # for the lines:
Now onto the driver side axle seal that has turned into a leak from a seep..............
Well, I'm at 153K on my '14 CTD and finally got around to changing out the leaky transmission cooler lines. The lines have been seeping since about 70k, but when my transmission started to slip I knew it was time to swap them out. Sure enough the trans was about 2 quarts LOW on fluid!!!
The swap is straight forward, drain out the trans oil, remove 10MM bolt at transmission where lines connect. The BIGGEST pain in the a$$ were the clips used to hold the lines into the transmission! My suggestion would be to buy a few extra, as I spent most of my time trying to find them when they fell out of my hands. Taking the off was easy with a small pick. Re-installation of those clips was the biggest PITA. I had to move the intercooler tube for the lower one in order to get my hand up to the fitting and put the clip in correctly. The upper went in fairly easy as I REMEMBERED what position it was in when I took it off. That's my advice here for these clips, they MUST be put back in the same orientation they came out!!!!
There wasn't a write up or a video for this procedure and now I know why, there isn't much too it.
Part # for the lines:
| ACDELCO 23143028 |
Now onto the driver side axle seal that has turned into a leak from a seep..............
