I noticed some leakage from these lines while I was under the truck the other day. It is not a steady leak per say, its just wet lines that I am sure attracted the road dust and such. Should the hoses be replaced or are they alright as is?

Thanks, Sully

 

I'm just getting nervous because the truck is approaching 140,000 miles and I'm afraid things are going to start letting go. As far as my mechanic has told me, the tranny looks original. Are there any tell tale signs that I could look for that would let me know for sure? I have had it since 108,000 and I have only done repairs that were needed plus the oil change every 3,000. I think it might be time to do all the fluids and filters...

 

It's normal. Wouldn't hurt to replace the lines for preventative maintenance purposes , But if I was you I'd do a search on here for "check valve delete". Save yourself another headache.

 

you should do the check valve delete and while you're at it put an external cooler on it, they make the trans run about 20º cooler. i just got mine rebuilt and the guy couldn't figure out why the transmission was overheating at first but after some checking he figured out that it was the cooler. the one he originally put on there was the common one that has a line going in the top and snaking its way down to the bottom and you could see the line through the ribs, that one was no good and he put one on there thats similar to a radiator and now theres no problem, the transmission is sits at a steady 175º when hot and thats what he was shooting for. with the other style cooler it was 250º after a 10 minute trip. and with it being that hot it wanted to start off in second gear and i believe he said that it wouldn't go into overdrive either. but its all good now.

 

I've read the check valve delete thread before and thought nothing of it. Now that you mentioned it, I will look into it.

I do mostly highway driving (commuting to school) and little to nothing on the towing end of things...is the secondary cooler really necessary?

 

the cooler the transmission is the longer it will last. also the original cooler in the transmission has an insulating material in it that will break down and clog up the check ball in the line and your transmission filter. so you don't want to have a splitter and run the new one with the old one, you just want a high quality, radiator style cooler. and if you put one on check the temp on the cooler and transmission and if its over 200 then you need a different brand of cooler.

 

I noticed you have a 1995 truck. I had two 95 Dakotas and had to replace the rubber hose part of the trans lines on both because they were leaking where the metal ends were crimped on. Of course I couldn't buy just the hose part. I had to buy the complete line all the way to the trans. It wasn't bad because I was a special customer and my local Dodge dealer gave me a 30% discount. Unfortunately, the dealer went out of business. Do you think my 30% discount contributed to that?

 

just cut those hard lines with a tubing cutter, and slide 3/8" transmission hose onto the ends and clamp it. it'll outlast the truck and won't cost but $3 per foot. its pointless to replace those hard lines. use the savings to buy a cooler.

+1 on cooler. +1 on remote filter too.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...ter-added.html

 

I wish I would have done that. I found dodgeforum after I replaced those parts. I'm still ignorant but I was really ignorant then. I wasted alot of hours trying to figure out why the one Dak was pinging. Never did fix it and sold it because of that. Thanks to these forums, I now know why it pinged.

 

Its supposed to do that. Keeps the frame from rusting.