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Lubrication Specialist Cooling Kit Install

Big T

Big T

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Installed the Lubrication Specialist Cooling kit on my '99 today. It had the notorious oil line leaks and the seller provided new OEM lines, but I opted for the end all solution. Took my son and I about 2 hours to do. Dropped the front drive shaft and pulled the oil filter mount to get at the rear connections. I cut the hoses to remove the old. Tested it and no leaks so far. Not a difficult job.

Next up will be Feed The Beast X2 for the '95 and '99, also doing the optic filter harness on the '95 while we're in there.
 
Pics, man, Pics! We need to see your most excellent job, and see your knuckles (to check for skinnage) post-install... :D
 
Sorry no pics. I thought this install had already been covered here. Also, I'm 100% on the road, home weekends, so I'm crunched for time. Wife had back surgery (went well) a week and a half ago. I've been on the road straight for a week and a half since the surgery and with two dogs (English Springers) in the house at night, the floors and carpets need some attention. Wife can't do that type of work with her back.
 
Just make sure you wrap those lines with something anywhere they might be touching. Braided steel is like a hacksaw. IIRC when I did mine they rubbed on the dipstick tube and also I had to secure them better.
 
I checked mine and one line is next to the dip stick. Would that fllexble plastic tubing work there? The kit came with 4 clamps and suggest one pair at the engine mount and one pair at the bumper. Ther was no way to install these at the bumper without removing the plastic air dam. The lines only hit the plastic air dam up there.

While doing this job we discovered the anti lock brakes were disconnected. I re-connected them and sure enough the dash light comes on. I'm sure the wheel sensor(s) are probably out as that has happened on the '95. Just wondering how hard it will be to get those out as this truck came from Illinois.
 
What else works well is some heater hose. Cut it to length where its rubbing, then slice it open so you can put it over the SS line. A few zipties, and done.

Just do it where its rubbing. Of course the flexible plastic tubing will work well also.
 
I used heater hose although there is this new spiral wrap stuff I may try when I do my 2000. ABS Light on is usually the ABS unit. ABS brakes suck when they work anyway. I disconnected them on every one I have owned and never looked back. It's a good idea, just GM couldn't get it right on this generation or the previous.
 
I disconnected the ABS again. I live in SoCal and don't see much need for it, cept in snow conditions in local mountains. Then again, I'm familiar enough with snow driving that I don't get in trouble.

I'll install the heater hose on the oil lines. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
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