I would like to say that just snugging up the bolts on the tranny and final drive are a good idea. When I changed the gasket and fluid in my final drive, I could almost take the bolts out with my fingers. the old cork gasket was so compressed. My .02 Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:40 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>wrote: > Since we're moving to the city in a couple months, I'm trying to figure out > the high priority things I need to do before the move, since doing major > work on the van will be pretty difficult for the next few years. > > One potential issue is what seems to be a very slow seepage of transmission > fluid. I've put up pictures at the links below. It generally just seems > "wet", and, although some drops seem to collect in places on the > transmission, the ground underneath the van is always 100% dry. > > My sense is that this is best left alone, and that my time is better spent > finishing the seam rust project, and other things. What do other people > think? > > Thanks! > Wes > > pictures: > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12237.JPG > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12238.JPG > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12239.JPG > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12240.JPG > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12241.JPG > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12242.JPG > http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12243.JPG > |
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