I had a friend who owned an Eagle Vision (which is about the same as the Dodge Intrepid) that had this problem in the 90's.
The lines were similar to the OP's photos. They leaked after awhile. New OEM's would do the same after awhile
most likely so what I did was this.
I got a small plumbers tubing cutter and cut the metal line as close to the rubber as I could. Then I had two brass compression fittings where I installed and tightened one end of each of them to the lines to the transmission. I had purchased some short brake line and cut them in 3 1/2 pieces with the cutter and inserted them into the brass compression couplings and tightened them.
Next the rubber lines were cut as close to the crimped ferrule as I could. Next, stuck the brake line nipples into the rubber hoses and used a couple of aircraft clamps to tighten down on the hoses. (actually I used two clamps on each hose)
Never had any more leaking.
The cutter is about 1 1/2 by 1 1/2
The brass connector couplings
small stainless steel aircraft clamps
short piece of straight brake line the same size as the transmission line to cut extensions from (nipples)
Just using the straight piece of tubing and discarding the flared ends and threaded nut fastening.
I used wadded up paper to plug the Transmission lines once they were cut and likewise the lines to the radiator. The transmission lines were cleaned well with solvent.
Then the short nipples were fastened tight into the brass compression fitting and the nipple plugged with paper. Next the paper plug was pulled out of the transmission line and the fitting set in place and tightened
securely. The same for both lines. The rubber line was cut back of the ferrule and the aircraft clamps slid on after the ferrule was removed. The paper plug pulled out of the nipple and the nipple inserted. Then the clamps tightened tight.
On this particular Car there was a flat piece of metal tack welded to the two metal lines with a hole in the center so a bolt could hold it to the frame. I removed the bolt and cut the strap in half through the bolt hole so I could have enough room to use the small cutter. Later when the fittings were in place I put the bolt with a lock washer in place and fit the lines snug to the bolt and frame and tightened it good and tight. Then used a heavy nylon zip tie to go around the frame member to safety secure it should it vibrate lose. Never gave any problems.
All of the hardware cost less than $6 bucks. The lines then were like about $40 dollars. I lost about a quart of
ATF and that stuff was like close to $4 a quart if I remember correctly. Had she taken it to the shop they would have nailed her for well over $100 dollars. And within a couple years or so they would have been leaking again and her having someone pour $4 dollar a quart Transmission Fluid in it once a month.
Hope this is helpful for any of the Dodge/Chrysler product owners.
How did I come up with this idea for the repair ? By talking to an old mechanic that worked fixing up older cars for used car lots.
