There is a vent hole at the top front of the transmission on the driver's
side.  My guess is it was actually losing oil from this vent.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Bohannan" <david.bohannan@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:21 AM
Subject: 85 Shifting fix but "?" about leak...

> Anyone?
>
>
>
> The archives presented a wonderful informational article about pulling
> the tranny to replace a bad pilot bearing. Turns out when I pulled my
> tranny, the clutch itself was the cause of the problems I was having.as
> it fell apart as I removed it from the vehicle.as a side note, I am
> still having to adjust the linkage a bit, but man, what a difference.
>
>
>
> In any case.at one point in time during my reinstall of the tranny, it
> leaned hard to the left (driver side) and forward (front of vehicle) off
> of the jack.and as it did, fluid started leaking out of one of the
> bolts.
>
>
>
> My assumption was that this is not a high pressure system and that since
> the bolt is at the TOP of the tranny normally that fluid doesn't even go
> there (gravity) and that its not a hard and fast seal.
>
>
>
> It doesn't appear to be leaking after a reinstall (and about 100 miles
> of driving).just wanted to make sure this seemed normal.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
> 85 "baby bus"