| Transmission Vent [message #274406] |
Thu, 26 March 2015 18:16  |
Darryl
Messages: 144
Registered: December 2011
Location: Northern California
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On my recent trip to Death Valley I had a couple of episodes of smoke billowing out from under the coach while climbing a mountain grade in first or second gear under full throttle while pulling the Tracker. I had recently had the transmission cooler lines replaced and I'm attributing the smoke to the transmission having been overfilled and venting excess fluid on the hard climbs. So, I figured it was time (probably past time) to install the transmission vent elbow to direct the flow of transmission fluid away from the headers and other hot surfaces.
I got the part from Jim K, found the vent and pried the "top hat" off. I expected to find an opening that I could press the "threaded" or "barbed" end of the elbow into. Instead, I found a very short tube about the same diameter as the elbow, maybe 3/8 inch. I'm guessing this short tube has to come out and that the elbow presses into the hole it leaves behind. Am I on the wrong track? Will it come out if I grab it with a pair of pliers and work it loose or is there a more elegant method? This doesn't look like a reversible operation so I'd like to do it right the first time.
Darryl
Darryl Meyers
1978 Eleganza II
El Dorado Hills, CA
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