

| Subject: | Re: 85 Shifting fix but "?" about leak... |
| From: | Steve |
| Date: | Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:50:02 -0700 |
Yeah, there's a vent hole at the top front of the tranny. If the tranny is tipped enough, it can leak juice out of the hole. It shouldn't leak once the tranny is installed in the bus unless you are upside down in a ditch... Steve ---------------------------------------------------- At 08:21 AM 9/20/2004, David J. Bohannan wrote: >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"
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