Towing Vehicle is Down

[HangOutdoors]

Totally bummed out. I just went to Sportsman's warehouse and got a smaller two person tube. I also went to West Marine to get a few things as well. Tomorrow we are supposed to go tubing and on Father's day my daughter is coming over and her and I are supposed to go out to Lake St. Clair for the day and go fishing and enjoy the lake together, which we don't get to do much.

So I pulled down my street coming home and the Trans was slipping. Pulled into the drive and now there is a puddle of trans fluid under the right side. I called dealership and they said 2-3 weeks before it can get looked at. I have full warranties on it. Whatever......

No tow vehicle now, weekend is shot. Not sure what to do.

2017 Ford Expedition Limited.

Maybe it is a trans cooler line, I dunno. Have never worked on the vehicle. Pretty bummed out.

 

[tim h]

rent a truck..

 

[Beachbummer]

I second the post above, Rent or Borrow a Tow vehicle. Can't lose a weekend over that.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Nothing available to rent, everything around is spoken for weeks in advance.

 

[deubank1776]

Nothing available to rent, everything around is spoken for weeks in advance.

Not even a home depot truck?

 

[RobbieO]

Totally bummed out. I just went to Sportsman's warehouse and got a smaller two person tube. I also went to West Marine to get a few things as well. Tomorrow we are supposed to go tubing and on Father's day my daughter is coming over and her and I are supposed to go out to Lake St. Clair for the day and go fishing and enjoy the lake together, which we don't get to do much.

So I pulled down my street coming home and the Trans was slipping. Pulled into the drive and now there is a puddle of trans fluid under the right side. I called dealership and they said 2-3 weeks before it can get looked at. I have full warranties on it. Whatever......

No tow vehicle now, weekend is shot. Not sure what to do.

2017 Ford Expedition Limited.

Maybe it is a trans cooler line, I dunno. Have never worked on the vehicle. Pretty bummed out.

Take it to a local shop just to find out where it's leaking. Maybe an easy fix. Save the weekend. Low fluid level=slipping

 

[ripler]

If you have a friend with a vehicle capable of towing your boat, offer them a free day on the water in exchange for towing.

 

[HangOutdoors]

I can see it, pumping out of trans cooler line. All fluid is on drive now, so it isnt just a little bit

 

[HangOutdoors]

I dont have any friends with tow vehicles.

 

[jetboatjay]

If your boat is in the driveway, can you cast to the new pool from the driveway? No need to leave the house!

 

[Sidarousmg]

check out Turo.com

 

[HangOutdoors]

Found a shop that says they will save me and they just sent a tow truck to come get it. Small shop, guy sounds like he knows what to do. I just dont think i could do it myself. Will see.

 

[Miitch]

U-Haul more often then not has pickup trucks or cargo vans capable of towing! not sure how booked up they would be though.

 

[dgfreeze]

Hmmm, I understand there's a vehicle shortage, but just late last year, my dealership offered a courtesy vehicle when our Durango went in for new rear shocks under warranty. Did you by any chance explore that route?

 

[HangOutdoors]

@dgfreeze Yes I did, but nothing that could tow. No availability. They are so back logged, and I called 4 Ford dealerships within 30 miles, that they have small vehicles, and sedans. No trucks. One had an SUV with no hitch on it, an Explorer.

 

[HangOutdoors]

If this small shop pulls this off, they have my business any time I can't do the work.!

Also I want to shout out and many thanks to a few members here whom either have offered to come and help me fix it or to lend me their truck for the weekend. I truly appreciate all the offers. Will see how this goes today after they look at it and check on part.

 

[tkeru408]

Hope this small shop comes through for you!

 

[Dave burke]

Good luck. If you can see the leak, hopefully they can fix it. Maybe try and convince him to weld the pipe if he can’t get a replacement quickly.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Good luck. If you can see the leak, hopefully they can fix it. Maybe try and convince him to weld the pipe if he can’t get a replacement quickly.

It appears to be about 4 inches from radiator where what I believe is steel pipe or aluminum makes a bend to a crimp fitting that then goes to a rubber looking line that starts running along the engine and then disappears where I can't see it. This is from the top looking down.

From the bottom, there is a skid plate and I cannot see up.

I will say this, many years ago, when I had several trucks we used for work and snow plowing etc. It was easy to work on them and fix just about anything. I could drop a transmission and replace easily, since we beat them up plowing snow.

I looked down into the area where the leak was and it is super cramped and would not even know how to start and what to remove to get at all of it and how far back it would go etc. Probably end up messing something else up. They build them a lot different now a days.

 

[Yambers]

Sounds like you blew a trans cooler line. Hopefully cheap and easy.