Transmission breather woes

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Ohthetrees

Ohthetrees

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Hello, I spent some time today extending my differentials, transfer case, and transmission breathers. All went fine except the transmission breather.

The trans breather I'm talking about is located on the top of the transmission, above the front of the trans fluid pan. The plastic breather stub sticking out of the trans doesn't seem well attached to the the transmission, and I'm concerned it would allow water to leak in during water crossings. Other breather fittings on the truck are strong metal tubes. This is plastic, at an awkward angle, and I can easily rotate it around its horizontal axis with my fingers. I never was able to get my new tubing attached.

I never laid eyes on it due to the awkward position on top of the trans, but I managed to slip my phone up there and get a good picture. Is this how it is supposed to be, or is something amiss? The movement is of particular concern.

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Bump. Would love some assistance, search and came up short. Mostly I want to know if it's OK for this fitting to have some movement in it.
 
What year is your truck? I recently extended my 2003 breathers and while I worked from below (never saw the actual connector) it felt like it was metal - very solid.
 
2001, 4spd, and it is definitely plastic. I wish it were metal and sticking straight up like all the other breathers. Is yours angled like this?
 
Similar but longer - I never saw it as I was working from underneath but it was rock-solid.
 
Thanks for the info. I can't figure out why they have it at that awkward angle, instead of just sticking straight up. It's quite challenging to get the hose on that barb, then add to that that I don't even know whether the barb is any good, and I just am not feeling confident about going into the water. Thanks again for your help, and hopefully someone else can chime in too.
 
@landylover21 you should check yours out and let @Ohthetrees know what you find. I'm sure you'll be asking about a breather relocate any day now!
 
tpatrickmc said:
@landylover21 you should check yours out and let @Ohthetrees know what you find. I'm sure you'll be asking about a breather relocate any day now!
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I'll try once I get my truck back.
 
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