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Re: Need help finding transmission fluid leak (archive)
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Posted by Neil Deshpande on April 19, 2002 at 14:05:45:

In Reply to: Need help finding transmission fluid leak posted by Sheldon on April 19, 2002 at 10:28:18:

Sheldon:

The easy ones:
1. Selector shaft seal
2. Output shaft seal
3. Teflon tape around drain and fill plugs
4. Blocked breather?

The tough ones:
1. Leaking slave (is reservoir level OK?)
2. Leaking input shaft seal (drop tranny)

Clean and observe after 10 mile drive. Or, clean and have inspected!

Neil Deshpande
http://www.neilwerke.com - #1, #2


Hey, I also need to locate and fix the source of a small tranny leak before passing inspection for my school. Any probable locations to look for or ideas on how to locate the source of the leak. Looking at it last night on a lift, there was wetness on the bottom of the tranny in the area of the cooling fins, also a drop that was starting to collect at the bottom of the interface between the front of the tranny and the engine, also wetness up by the slave cylinder. Good luck huh?




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