David,
1) The tranny is still in the car??
2) Yes there are overflows on the top, in the "square" plate
3) Is it engine oil or tranny oil? (1500 - right?)
4) Open the fill port, square headed "bolt" on the passenger side of the
tranny, on the side and let everything flow out till it stops, assuming the
car is level.
5) Taste to make sure it is not cat pee
Larry
On 4/28/01 9:40 PM, "DLancer7676@cs.com" <DLancer7676@cs.com> wrote:
> I noticed something strange about my Midget the other day. I have the engine
> out, as most of you are aware, replacing it with an ebay engine. I walked
> over to check something in the empty engine bay and noticed a substantial
> puddle of oil on the floor, sort of beneath the bell housing. Put my finger
> in it to check it (glad it wasn't cat pee) and it turned out to be very
> clean, new oil. Noted also that it was inside the bell housing that was
> still in the car. Surmised that my tranny front seal must be leaking
> copiously.
>
> But yesterday, I went back to the engine bay to check on the oil leak a bit
> further, put my fingers up behind the throw out bearing and there was NO
> appreciable amount of oil back there. THEN I noticed that the small square
> ON TOP of the bell housing was filled with this clean oil. Where the hell is
> this oil coming from? The oil Couldn't have flowed uphill from the seal to
> the top of the bell housing! So I am fairly sure it is not the seal. I am
> pretty sure I overfilled the tranny with oil. One suggestion was that there
> are overflow holes on topof the tranny and it probably was due to the extra
> oil coming out. Any ideas, or confirmations of the latter explanation?
>
> --DAvid C.
>
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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