poorboy_616 said:
Cut the crimped flange off the hose, then replace the section of rubber line with standard trans cooler line held on with clamps.....
Cut the crimp parralel with the hose, so that you can peel it off.....
Under the crimp is a regular hose nipple, just silde the hose on and clamp it down.
As for the other end, you may need to replace the fitting on the cooler with a hose nipple before you can clamp the new hose on.....
Depending on which of the connectors it is on. From the looks of it, it seems it's on the radiator end, where the crimped end goes into the "quick-connect" fitting. So, and correct me if I'm wrong. If so, and you have some slack in the line. As poorboy said, cut the metal part parallel with the line and peel it apart. That will expose the end of the metal line with a stop, or kind of a makeshift flare or ridge (where the quick connect would latch onto). If it's the lower hose, that's the return or low pressure end. You can just push the hose onto that up to the ridge and clamp, or double clamp it (for good measure). Like so:
Now, to me, it looked as though there's a bit of greenish stuff on the bottom of the hose. So make sure it's not just coolant dripping down on to the hose giving it the "appearance" that it's leaking from the trans line. Cleaning the hose up might give you a better idea of where the leak is coming from.
Anyhoo, it's really the same procedure no matter which part of the line it's coming from, cut the metal connector parallel and peel it apart. That will give you the best contact to push a flat hose connection on to.
Also, if you have one of those funky stock trans coolers, and the questiuonable line is there it's really the same process. Like this:
What I did was to eliminate the radiator loop altogether and just run it into an aftermarket HD trans cooler (note: I live where it rarely freezes and so really don't need the radiator "heat exchange loop" through the radiator).
I notr that you're in Idaho where it can get below zero, so you may want to keep that loop. Here's what my connection from the trans line out of the tranny and directly to the cooler, without the loop through the radiator, the cooler looks like:
I also have a trans temp gauge sender installed here, thus the wire.
...and now back to my glass of wine, good luck.