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Re: Tranny leak (gotta love these cars!)

To: mvheim@studiolimage.com, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tranny leak (gotta love these cars!)
From: "Tuck Southworth" <tsouthworth70@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:39:18 -0400
Right you are Max, I edited my first reply and left off a sentence that said 
first check the rear transmission seal (easy), then the front one (harder).

I have struggled over the last two years to make my B absolutely drip free.  
I'm almost there, I've got just eighteen more things to check!
Tuck
>
>If you mean the engine rear seal, then how does that explain the low tranny
>oil level? I think you must mean the tranny front seal, which seems a 
>likely
>possibility. Though I suppose he should first inspect the tranny rear seal
>since it is so much more accessible.

>
> > Chris,
> > From the sound of it I'd guess the rear seal let go.  If it did, it will
> > only get worse until you replace it.  No need to pull the transmission, 
>but
> > you do need to pull the engine, and then the clutch to get at the seal.  
>If
> > you let too much time go by before replacing the seal, the clutch will 
>get
> > covered in oil and start to slip.  Most people who go to the trouble to
> > replace this seal simply replace the clutch also.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Tuck Southworth
> > 70 B hers
> > 55TF all mine
> >



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