Large transmission leak
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Large transmission leak
I have a 75 that I recently started driving after a frame off restoration. After driving it about 60 miles one day (to work and back), the transmission started leaking. I have driven it before this, but not as far at one time. In about a weak, the spot under the car grew to about the size of the entire front of the car. I have cleaned the leaking area, and it appears to be coming from the dipstick area. My question is, where can I get a dipstick O-ring (I put a new one in, but forgot where I got it), and is there anything special that I need to do to install it? Like I said, it has a new o-ring, and it is a new dipstick tube.
The odd thing is that I checked the fluid today just out of curiousity and it was very high. I have not driven the car since the leak, nor have I started it. I understand that that as it sets, the fluid will drain from the converter into the pan, but there seems to be an awful lot in there. It is a turbo 400.
Any ideas, or has anyone else had this problem?
The odd thing is that I checked the fluid today just out of curiousity and it was very high. I have not driven the car since the leak, nor have I started it. I understand that that as it sets, the fluid will drain from the converter into the pan, but there seems to be an awful lot in there. It is a turbo 400.
Any ideas, or has anyone else had this problem?
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Originally Posted by 77 Vette Girl
Sounds like too much fluid, or the wrong kind of fluid.
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Originally Posted by JGreen
My question is, where can I get a dipstick O-ring (I put a new one in, but forgot where I got it), and is there anything special that I need to do to install it? Like I said, it has a new o-ring, and it is a new dipstick tube.
I seem to recall having to dig around with a pick to remove the new one. I put some fresh ATF on the new one and wedged it in.
-Steve
