Mistake number one was taking it to AAmco but I said to myself, theyve got all the equipment to do the job right and do it quickly. Basically, my car had a rear seal leak, and they said they would do it for 80 dollars. A VERY fair price. So they work on the car and tell me, they need to tighten up the cooler lines because its leaking from there as well, I ok them to do that. Ok great, so the car is done and I go to pick it up. What do I see but my beautiful thirdgen sitting there with a flowing stream of tranny fluid under it. He tries to tell me this is normal "overflow" from a rear seal job. BULLSHIT! I told him to get the car back up on the lift and fix it immediately. They get it on the lift only yo tell me I need new cooler line ends, the ones on there will not tighten up anymore and they are leaking. They told me they cannot mess with the cooler lines, its not something they do. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT A BUNCH OF INCOMPETENT IDIOTS! Transmission specialists MY ***! So long story short, I believe they have stripped the ends on my cooler lines. I have an idea of what to do but I want to know from someone who has done this job, exactly what is involved. I want to have my baby ready to go as soon as the snow starts melting. I guess i have to Vice grip the line ends off the tranny, cut them, use high pressure hose to join the old lines and new lines which I will have to bend into place. Sound about right? What if they stripped the casting on the transmission? How would I get them in? Thanks

Moral of the story, never ever go to AAmco, they do more damage then they fix and they do not stand behind there work!!!

 

Ten dollars would have been a more appropriate price to replace the rear seal. It's done in seconds with the transmission still in the car. They wouldn't have touched the cooler lines at all.

 

Your right, but I figured that they had all the tools to do it quickly and properly. I had just put the transmission in with a buddy of mine and did not feel like dropping it or anything, so I figured I'd take it easy and let them do it. They told me it was also leaking from the cooler lines and then when they tried to fix that, they bumble****ed everything up. That aside, any advice?

 

If you have access to a flaring tool(many parts store have them as a "loan-a-tool") you could probably just get new flare nuts and cut the lines back a little and re-flare them.

There are adapters screwed into the trans case that adapt to the factory 45 degree inverted flare fittings. They can be replaced as well if messed up.

I'd bet money that the adapters were a bit loose and when they went to tighten the lines down they didn't put a back-up wrench on to hold the adapter, thus the adapter turned in the trans and twisted/cracked the lines.

If you go the rubber hose route, you'll simply need a short length of 5/16 brake line with inverted flare fittings on either end(can be bought at most any parts store) and a short length of 5/16 oil resistant hose(not air/water) and a few good hose clamps. - Something around 300psi working pressure will cover you fine. Not nearly what I would consider "high pressure" but I sell hose for a living and work around 5000+ psi hydrualic hose daily.