Tranny fluid leak

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

Nate Mellom wrote:
> 
> On the '84 (4K)
> I've had the flanges and seals replaced and it's full of Redline.  It's
> leaking on the passengers side, from between the green seal cup and the
> tranny casing.
> Is this fixable? Serious?  It's not a real fast leak, but I'm leaving a
> puddle of expensive tranny lube on the driveway.
> Nate
> 


If the green end cap has been removed before it is most likely toast.

Good news: there are really cheap.

More good news: Replacing it will loose _some_ fluid but nothing like
it's all going to pour out. The throwout bearing stuff retains most of
the redline (trans lube) on the main side of things.


Get a new one from Virtual World or Adirondack and when yo pull the old
one, run a rag around in the interior mating surface to remove debris
and stuff.

Use a flat piece of board to apply a mallet's force evenly as you tap
the new one in, don't let it get dented or out of round and once it's
going in, keep going.

hth,
TBerk