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    over heats when turned off. trans fluid climbing tube?

    its all good. I resolved the overheat issue. I had previously replaced the cap and thermostat I had remembered. but what I also had to do when I bought the truck was bend the overflow nipple up. looked like it was drop on end. well today I revisited this area of the radiator and found that the...
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    over heats when turned off. trans fluid climbing tube?

    I was able to get a few to pull truck on shop and locate vent. It was on driver side and I had to dig the mud off the case to find the hole. It had no tube attached to it. Any ideas where to find a tube? I'm also going to run it into the cab so this doesn't happen again.
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    over heats when turned off. trans fluid climbing tube?

    I was unable to find a vent tube last time I looked at it. I'll do a filter kit on it Sunday. As well as I will put a thermo stat in it and burp the system. Will check back in.
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    over heats when turned off. trans fluid climbing tube?

    Right. But we are talking like a 12" gain from cold. On no vehicle that I've seen has that been OK. An inch or 2 at most is the cold to hot gain. One time it starting squirting out of pan gasket. Not saying gasket isn't bad. But it is spontaneous and hasn't done since the one time
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    over heats when turned off. trans fluid climbing tube?

    I'm new to the older chevys. I've got an 86 k10 with 350 and 350 turbo trans. I've already replaced u joints and diff fluid and brakes and resealed intake. A couple things it does that's weird to me is that when the truck is turned off coolant comes out overflow and temp is at 230. Driving...
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