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All,
last night we took the M1123 back out for a test drive after adjusting the tie rod ends. It ran great. Until....
... 10 miles into the drive, we suddenly had ATF squirting into the cab from one of the holes in the deck coming from underneath. We pulled over and found a flexible transmission cooling line popped off the hard line. We lost 90% of the fluid. I tightened it down as good as I could and limped back to the house at 30 mph... Probably shouldn't have thinking back, but it did ok.
At the house I went through all the hose clamps and found I was able to get a turn or two on most of these clamps.
FWIT, If you find yourself underneath the truck doing inspections, take a 5/16 and 1/4" socket with you and give it a test. Just as a preventative measure, I rode over 40 miles without incidence since I got the truck, and then this happened. Also a good idea to have extra ATF in the back.
![Transmission cooling lines.JPG Transmission cooling lines.JPG](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/683/683003-0f0056115d7630bacafbf29474a9fd30.jpg)
last night we took the M1123 back out for a test drive after adjusting the tie rod ends. It ran great. Until....
... 10 miles into the drive, we suddenly had ATF squirting into the cab from one of the holes in the deck coming from underneath. We pulled over and found a flexible transmission cooling line popped off the hard line. We lost 90% of the fluid. I tightened it down as good as I could and limped back to the house at 30 mph... Probably shouldn't have thinking back, but it did ok.
At the house I went through all the hose clamps and found I was able to get a turn or two on most of these clamps.
FWIT, If you find yourself underneath the truck doing inspections, take a 5/16 and 1/4" socket with you and give it a test. Just as a preventative measure, I rode over 40 miles without incidence since I got the truck, and then this happened. Also a good idea to have extra ATF in the back.
![Transmission cooling lines.JPG Transmission cooling lines.JPG](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/683/683003-0f0056115d7630bacafbf29474a9fd30.jpg)