"I always assess the tranny and rearend for stress factors" Fear and loathing...

[Seats35]

So i've had the beast for 2 months and have been looking for this forum. found it a couple of weeks ago and just recently had time to post.

So i took the blazer out camping and of course i have to push it to find where its limit is at. Turns out i find it around 5000 rpm while trying to climb a steep but short muddy hill. I hear a pop and hear liquid coming out of the bottom. Looks like tranny fluid. So i jump out and climb under to plug the leak so i can drive home. Unfortunately i didn't have enough to get home and had to call someone to drive from phoenix to just outside of payson (120 miles) to bring us some tranny fluid.

The people who installed the tranny didn't use a solid line. They put in an 8 inch break because of the angle they had to create. For the love of god do not do this. This is such a pain that its just not worth it. Especially if you get stuck like us camping 20 miles from the nearest gas station. Tranny lines run under a great deal of pressure to be using rubber hoses. It can be done but if you drive like me i wouldn't take a chance. Buy the proper tools to do the job.

 

[George_Pimpdaddy]

maybe try not reving the piss outta it???

 

[Blue85]

So what failed? A hose clamp came loose or the line burst? What was done that the factory hard-line couldn't be re-used?

 

[dyeager535]

BTDT, line split and sprayed the manifold. Luckily it didn't ignite, but I couldn't see where I was going. If it had ignited I'd have had a much more serious problem.

I don't like using rubber line ANYWHERE if I can help it, whether pressure/fuel rated or not. I also don't like automatic transmissions lol.

 

[dremu]

BTDT -- ATF fire under the hood on the way back from Blazer Bash 2003. ... PO had the tranny redone, but the shop cut the hardline and patched with rubber

-- A

 

[BGKYK5]

An '80 something Camaro burned to the ground in the parking lot here not to long ago due to a popped trans line.

 

[sparkey83]

i have a 2wd 96 ford ranger with about a 350 horse 302 mated to a c-6 and that thing sees lots of high R's in the neighborhood of 6000-6500 and i have all rubber lines from trans to cooler and back again and have not had one lick of trouble. i do have barb fittings in the trans and the flare on the cooler though. most off the shelf trans cooler line is rated for high temp and high pressure. i also use fuel injection clamps or i double clamp the line if i dont have the injection clamps

 

[Seats35]

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The line only had a cheap clamp on it.



Nice ranger sparky. I knew a guy who had a beefed 350 in a little s10. Never passed emissions but it was cool as hell.