help! 4th change of transmission sump gasket imminent!

[aussie pete]

no,you have to pull the tube out from the block (after you have unbolted the top),you will then see the `o`ring on the bottom of the tube

[Dave-R]

There is also a seal where the shifter goes into the trans and another on the back of the trans at the base of the tailshaft.

[AllKiller]

Plus the two trans cooler pipes running from the trans to the rad and back...could be leaking at the unions on the trans,
which are just up above too

[Mick70RR]

I went through this on the Coronet, turned out to be the shifter/kickdown shaft seals just above the sump.

[Anonymous]

Pull the box , strip it down to see how it all works , then give it to blue or Dunc.

Kevs another option , think he's finished his apprentership.

[Pete]

Not sure, but is the Push button pan EXACTLY the same as the later ones ?
Just a thought, may not totally cover the gasket area. Blue will know as he has just rebuilt a small Block A727 push button for Julies car (spare).
Failing that it's spindles, & piup unions. I also assume its not from the Torque convertor seal and running down the front of the transmission....

Cheers.

[Kev]

Still bet it's the dipstick hole, so there.

Oh Dear! My English has let me down big time
When I said "It's the pan, not the tube"
It should have read "It is the pan, not the tube?"
Now if a simple grammatical error as such could cause 3 erroneous posts between myself and the esteemed Ivor, imagine what some people read into some of the Bananarama! some of you seem to write

[morgan]

Sounds like mine... I too thought it was the sump.

Turned out the be the rear of the box, the head of some pin/shaft thingy (Blue will doubless be proud of my description there).

Symptom is just the same though - really really looks like the pan.

Looking from top of car, shaft is here - wipe it and check it. Drips about half a dozen/night.

[charger01]

The dipstick tube is held in with one bolt. I had the same problem & it was coming from the base of the dipstick tube where it seals against the block. It should pull straight out, having said that I had to drop the sump and tap mine out from underneath the car. There was no sign of any existing "o" ring so I stuck my new dipstick tube in with gasket seal.No more leaks thankfully & now the underside of my car is dry Hope you get sorted..best of luck

[Kev]

150in-lbs.

[Dave-R]

It was a good time to fit a drain plug......too late now I guess?

[Ivor]

put some sillicone on a wire thing coming from the valve box on back of trans, and on a nut thing and a big nut thing

I love it when you talk technical Gaz...ooh!