There is no gasket for that "nose cone" housing...7 bolts and it pulls right
off. Clean and scrape and re goo with RTV or Right stuff or something
similar. Piece of cake after you get the skid plate and drivsline off..
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
1-877-377-0773 toll free
425-788-4070
aatransaxle.com
86 Syncro Westy WBXTurbo

----- Original Message -----
From: "MilosKitchen" <sagmoore@ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 5:27 AM
Subject: Syncro transmission seam leak

> Hello Volks,
>
> After cleaning off my Syncro transaxle case from the red sand that was
> caked
> all over it, I now find small oil drops on the garage floor after a long
> drive. It is coming from the transaxle output case at the parting seam,
> not
> the driveshaft seal itself (the housing where a driveshaft decoupler would
> be). It appears that there is no paper gasket, but instead a bead of
> something similar to "the Right Stuff" or some similar gasket forming
> material. Looks like it is easy enough to unbolt, clean up and carefully
> reseal. Any problems that I am not foreseeing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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