For 1990-2009 cars only
Removal Procedure
- Raise the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
- For the 5.0L Engine, remove the retainer clips, the bolts and the brackets that secure the transmission cooler lines to the engine.
- For the 5.7L Engine, remove the retainer clips, the bolts and the brackets that secure the transmission cooler lines to the engine.
- For the 5.7L Engine, in order to remove the cooler line and the cooler, remove the bolts and clips that secure the transmission cooler lines and the cooler to the engine.
- Disconnect the oil cooler line from the fitting at the radiator.
- Pull the plastic cap back from the quick connect fitting and down along the cooler line about two inches.
- Using a bent-tip screwdriver, pull on one of the open ends of the retaining ring in order to rotate the retaining ring around the quick connect fitting until the retaining ring is out of position and can be completely removed.
- Remove the retaining ring from the quick connect fitting.
- Discard the retaining ring.
- Pull the cooler line straight out from the quick connect fitting.
- Remove the retaining ring (E-clips) securing the cooler line to the quick connect in order to remove the remaining cooler lines from the remaining quick connect fittings.
- Remove the cooler lines from the vehicle.
Important: Perform the following procedures when removing the retaining ring and cooler line from the quick connect fitting on the transmission.
Installation Procedure
- Install the transmission oil cooler line to the vehicle.
- Install a new retaining ring (E-clip) into the quick connect fitting using the following procedure:
- Hook one of the open ends of the retaining ring in one of the slots in the quick connect fitting.
- Rotate the retaining ring around the fitting until the retaining ring is positioned with all three ears through the three slots on the fitting.
- Do not install the new retaining ring onto the fitting by pushing the retaining ring.
- Ensure that the three retaining ring ears are seen from inside the fitting and that the retaining ring moves freely in the fitting slots.
- Install the new retaining ring (E-clip) into the remaining quick connect fittings.
- Install the cooler lines to the vehicle.
- Install the cooler line into the quick connect fitting.
- Insert the cooler line end into the quick connect fitting until a click is either heard or felt.
- Do not use the plastic cap on the cooler line in order to install the cooler line into the fitting.
- Pull back sharply on the cooler line in order to ensure that the cooler line is fastened into the quick connect fitting.
- Position (snap) the plastic cap onto the fitting. Do not manually depress the retaining ring when installing the plastic cap onto the quick connect fitting.
- Ensure that the plastic cap is fully seated against the fitting.
- Ensure that no gap is present between the cap and the fitting.
- Ensure that the yellow identification band on the tube is hidden within the quick connect fitting.
- A hidden yellow identification band indicates proper joint seating.
- Install the cooler line into the quick connect fitting again in order to install the remaining cooler lines into the remaining quick connect fittings.
- Install transmission cooler lines to the transmission.
- For the 5.7L Engine, in order to install the cooler line and the cooler, remove the bolts and clips that secure the transmission cooler lines to the engine clip.
- For the 5.7L Engine, install the retainer clips, the bolts and the brackets that secure the transmission cooler lines to the engine clip.
- For the 5.0L Engine, install the retainer clips, the bolts and the brackets that secure the transmission cooler lines to the engine clip.
- Lower the vehicle.
Important:
• Do not reuse any of the existing retaining rings that were removed
from the existing quick connect fittings. All retaining rings being installed
must be new. • Ensure the following procedures are performed when installing
the new retaining rings onto the fittings.
