How Do I Disconnect The 4l65e Quick Disconnect?

[coiley]

When I removed the 4l60e transmission from my '95 blazer I used "a wrench" to disconnect the cooler line pipe fittings from the transmission. The open-end wrench slipped. The open-end tubing wrench broke. The Vise-Grips prevailed!

 

On the '01 4l65e the cooler line connector is different. I find a black plastic ring with a little slot in the side. How does one disconnect such? I have never purchased a special tool in my life. I have always made my own special tools. (It's a matter of principle - I think.)

 

Pictures would be a big help. I don't understand words nearly as well as pictures.

 

Thanks for your experience,

 

 

 

 

-- coiley

[thearborbarber]

Look in the slot of the plastic part. There should be a clip in there. Use some needle nose pliers and full the clip out and the line should pull out (it may require a little effort to pull it out).

[coiley]

Look in the slot of the plastic part. There should be a clip in there. Use some needle nose pliers and full the clip out and the line should pull out (it may require a little effort to pull it out).

 

 

 

 

With your help I will prune those cooler lines from the transmission. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

-- coiley

[coiley]

Look in the slot of the plastic part. There should be a clip in there. Use some needle nose pliers and full the clip out and the line should pull out (it may require a little effort to pull it out).

 

 

 

 

With your help I will prune those cooler lines from the transmission. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

-- coiley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your suggestion. 

 

I now understand what "quick disconnect" means.

 

 

 

It means get the saws-all.

 

Now THAT was a QUICK disconnect! 

 

I just used a saws-all to cut the cooler lines off in a convenient place. (I also used a 2" hole-saw to cut a hole in the floor under the gas pedal to get at the 10 o'clock bell-housing bolt. M'I bad? ;-) )

 

I will use high-pressure hose with conventional hose-clamps to splice the cooler line. The same is working 2 years now on my '95 to repair a corrosion leak in the T-cooler line. (The cooler lines are expensive to buy!) I will use my steel-tubing flaring tool to put a little "barb" on the ends of the cut cooler lines - to give the hose something to hang on to.

 

Thanks again for your suggestion. 

 

-- coiley