Q: When your transmission is rebuilt, is your radiator replaced or checked?

asked by on March 20, 2018

I had my transmission rebuilt from another place of business and on the receipt, it shows RADIATOR AND 1 GALLON OF ANTIFREEZE. Now my truck is not working again and the place is blaming a hole in the radiator leaked fluid into transmission. I need to get it fixed elsewhere. When your transmission is rebuilt, is it standard to replace the radiator as well? Is that done automatically? Thanks so much in advance.
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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