3 hours from home, trailer behind me, busy intersection and...

[stevej37]

You never mentioned...or I didn't see, What make/model truck did this??

I'll bet it wasn't a Ridgeline....they never have problems.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by cabmando

The offending line! Notice there's a soft line that that the fitting used to attach to. The soft line is about 8" long then goes back to hard line. I'm not sure I'm even going to buy the new factory line to replace what broke. I'm thinking I'm just going to get a proper fitting piece of transmission line and clamp in on the steel lines like I have it now. I cant see spending a bunch of money on the factory line when the rubber hose will probably last longer than the factory piece did.

Yep, get rid of the new crap that probably saved the factory .2¢ when assembling the vehicle and go old school. That old school stuff worked for a long time.

[Tobra]

May need the soft line for drivetrain motion.



Sounds like this happened in California. If it was Texas you would have had 5 different people stop to help.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Tobra

May need the soft line for drivetrain motion.



Sounds like this happened in California. If it was Texas you would have had 5 different people stop to help.

That's what I figured the rubber hose with the fancy end was doing, isolating vibration and absorbing some movement. That's also why I'm thinking just leaving a rubber hose line made for oils and temp rated in place with hose clamps. I can carry that stuff behind the seat if it ever pops.

[Bob Kontak]

I'm right down I77 a little minute from Cuyahoga Falls.

Keep that in mind if your daughter has car problems.

PM'd you phone #

[cabmandone]

Got it Bob! And good chatting with you. Next time I'm in the area, the beers are on me! Not literally or nothin like that. I don't swing like Rawknees :-)

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by cabmando

The one thing that stood out to me, other than no one knowing what 4 way flashers mean, was that no one bothered to ask if I needed help.

About 6 weeks ago my 18yo daughter got t-boned in her Mazda 3 by a jacked up Toyota Tundra. Literally 20 cars siting at a traffic light. One guy stopped to ask if she was OK. But not one person stayed around for the PD to offer a statement and they literally arrived in less than 2 minutes.

Had anyone offered to tell the PD what happened we might not be paying for that Toyota.

The thing that impresses me about your story is how you, like most on here I imagine, have the skills to diagnose and repair the problem. I tell my buddies about doing one thing or another to a vehicle (like the most recent head gaskets on a 20 yo Land Rover Disco2) and they are just amazed as if they were never issued a Man Card. They usually say something like, cars are so complex with computers now...