first of all that glue that holds the head light lens on is a mother[:@] I gave up after 30 min of prying and getting no where. since one of the side markers in my headlight is busted anyway I was going to pull the both of them out. but that glue is a bit stronger than I though.

anyway, while I had the hood up I noticed this pink stuff on my air filter and thought it was a bit odd so I started looking around. well, my radiator resivoir is close to the low side but not worth putting more in. and thats when it hit me, I was looking at the pigment of the radiator fluid. come to find out the overflow hose on my truck makes a funny loop around the secondary battery cables and then onto the nipple of the overflow without any type of clamp. so when my truck is running at operating temps and fluid needs to be vented off, instead of it going to the overflow tank it was being sprayed out.

I hopefully solved this problem by a zip-tie putting some pressure on the hose to tighten it up a bit so it wont be looseing fluid from it.

I'm gunna try and get some picks here in a bit for your viewing pleasure

 

I just looked at mine and the overflow hose is not longer than 3~4". it extends down the side of the battery. I did notice it has been spraying in the past... light staining on the side of the battery.

 

here are some pics I promiced.

I didnt see this untill now. I would say this started in the last 1000 miles. fixed now

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and the fix

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Same conditions on mine, same fix.
Mike
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OK, pics help. mine was the same way and it was loose as well. clamped it and now its all good.

 

I'll have to check mine tonight, been awhile since I looked at the radiator overflow tubing.

Drew, having trouble with the glue? Try it in direct sun light on a warm day (80F+). The lights aren't that fragile, I was beating the hell out of mine while taking them out, stabing with a screw driver, etc. the best thing is getting a sharp knife in there and cutting the first part. once you get a few inches of leverage, you can get a few fingers in there and pry it apart. then just seal it up with some auto adhesive, I don't remember which one I used but I sealed it better than factory.

 

I'll remember that part. I had trouble just getting them out in the first place. my long arms dont fit too well in tight spots[:@]

infact I have a heat gun I might try as well to soften the glue.

 

Yeah, that tab in the rear is a pain, but once you get that off, the whole assembly should come out. rob[GL] did a nice write up of it last year, helped me out.

https://dodgeforum.com/m_304767/tm.htm

 

Drew,

Mine runs all they way past the battery down past the ( inside ) fender... I would say the hose is about 3 feet long or so... I guess it all depends what person on Monday morning put it together or ran out of hose :-)

Mike