Date:         Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:30:22 -0600
Reply-To:     "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: tranny leak at stub axle
Comments: To: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@earthlink.net>
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Thanks, Jere.  I notice a series of screws or bolts that run around the circumference of a plate outside where the stub axle attaches.  Does this need to come off?  If the weather is nice tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to pull the stub axle and try to seal it.

Warren
88 Westy "Billy Bones"
87 GL

----- Original Message -----
From: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@earthlink.net>
Date: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:11 am
Subject: RE: tranny leak at stub axle

> Hi Warren,
>
> When I did my CV joints last I found that seal, mine had popped
> out.  I just
> took a small soft hammer and tapped it back in.  It fits and looks
> similarto one of those old V-8 freeze plugs.
>
> Jere
> 90 GL
> 88 GL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Warren.K.Lail-1
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 6:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: tranny leak at stub axle
>
> When I pulled the transmission out of Billy Bones,
> it and the engine were covered in oil and dirt
> and lots of grease. So I took the tranny to
> a car wash and cleaned it thoroughly.  Yesterday
> I went to drain the old tranny fluid out in
> preparation for my Redline MT90 only to find
> a leak.  Whoa, that Redline costs too much to
> dump in and watch it leak out.
>
> It appears to be leaking where the stub axle
> connects to the transmission housing.  Is there
> a seal back there that can be replaced without
> too much trouble, or am I going to need to pull
> the tranny back out? Please say no to the latter :(
>
>
> Warren
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
> 87 GL
>
>